*Monday Recipe* Madeira Cake

Monday is here which means a brand new tried and tested recipe for you guys to try out. This week, its Madeira Cake. Madeira cake is often flavoured with lemon zest and topped with candied peel and has a firm yet light texture. This week's recipe was one I got from BBC's GoodFood website, and it's so easy! It takes only 20 minutes to prepare and then all you do is pop it in the oven for an hour and voila! And don't forget, a good madeira cake should always have a crack on top!
Ingredients:
175g softened butter
175g golden caster sugar
3 large eggs
Grated zest of 1 lemon
Few drops of vanilla essence
200g self-raising flour
50g ground almonds

Method:
Heat oven to 170C/150C fan/gas 3. 
Butter and line the base of a 900g loaf tin with greaseproof paper.
Using an electric whisk, beat together the butter and sugar until light and creamy then beat in the eggs one at a time. Add the lemon zest and vanilla.
Now beat in the flour and almonds until you have a thick batter. The batter should be loose enough that it falls off a wooden spoon, if it’s too thick mix in a splash of milk.
Tip the batter into the tin and smooth over the top.
Bake for 55 mins – 1 hour until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove from the oven then leave to cool for 15 mins before removing from the tin, peel away the paper and leave on a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.

Check out the full BBC GoodFood recipe here, and why not have a nosy around for some more scrumptious recipes!
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1940701/madeira-loaf-cake

 Enjoy!

 Charley.

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