Name: Round Madeira Cake
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 220g self-raising flour; 80g plain flour; 200g caster sugar; 4 eggs; 190g salted butter, softened; 1 lemon; 2 tbsp milk; Handful of flaked almonds

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Madeira Cake with Almonds

This easy recipe gives you a classic Round Madeira Cake with a hint of lemon.

Madeira Cake is a product of the British kitchen. In the past people would eat Madeira cake with a nice glass of Madeira wine, hence the name. It goes down very well in your high tea cake collection.

The batter in the pan before baking

Some other of Gav’s Kitchen Cake Recipes

At the end of this blogpost you will find some links to some other cake recipes that are in some ways similar, and yet different.

My moist lemon pound cake is also a lemony-tasting cake. But it is a lot more lemony than this one, as the cake absorbs the sweetened lemon juice at the end.

My butter sponge cake recipe is also a tasty light sponge cake but with more of a vanilla taste than lemon. The butter sponge cake is raised with baking powder, rather than self-raising flour, as in this recipe.

Round Madeira Cake

And my Brazilian Banana Cake recipe is a bit heavier type of cake with the unmistakable taste of bananas.

Madeira cake in a Round or loaf tin?

Well really you can make this cake in a round or a loaf tin, it is up to you. These quantities were put into a 10-inch round cake tin, but would also fit into a loaf tin. I like to use the round cake tin as it gives you more options for cutting the cake.

In this recipe, I used a mix of self-raising flour and a small amount of plain flour (which I needed to use up). The combination worked well and the self-raising flour made sure the cake rose sufficiently.

Almonds on a Madeira?

I added some almonds to the top of this round Madeira cake to give it some decoration, but also to add some taste. I love almonds and I think it is good to experiment with additions to cake. Like in my carrot and walnut cake.

Some people like to add cherries and other fruit to their Madeira cake to make them more interesting.

Flaked Almond topping

I happen to think that the recipe is good as it is. I hope you enjoy it too.

How long does a Madeira Cake last?

Well, I think this depends on your household. Sponge cake should be kept in an airtight box to keep it fresh. Some people say you can keep them for up to two weeks.

1 hour after baking……!

I like to think that you should be able to keep it for a while, if properly stored. But I have not been able to test it, as the girls eat it within a day in our house.

So given that simple fact, I would tend to make it just before I need it to ensure there is some left to eat!

If you do make this recipe, please let me know how you get on in the comments section below!

How to make a lemon Madeira cake

Round Madeira Cake

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

This deliciously tasty round madeira cake recipe is great for a tasty sponge cake that can be eaten on its own - no icing required!

Ingredients

220g self-raising flour
80g plain flour
200g caster sugar
4 eggs
190g salted butter, softened
1 lemon
2 tbsp milk
Handful of flaked almonds

Instructions

Pre-heat the oven to 160C.
Grate the lemon and keep the zest. Then squeeze the lemon and retain the juice.
Butter and line a baking tin with flour, suitable for the quantities you use. These quantities are good for a round 25cm (10") cake tin, but would also fill an 8* tin.
Sieve and weigh the two types of flour into a bowl (mixed).
Mix the sugar with the softened butter, using a hand mixer or a food mixer. Then add the eggs one by one, adding a bit of flour with each one. Keep mixing.
Then add the rest of the flour, the lemon zest, milk and lemon juice and mix until you have a completely uniform batter.
The batter should just fall off a wooden spoon. If it is too thick then just add a little bit of milk.
Transfer the batter into the baking tin and flatten it in the tin. Then sprinkle the top with flaked almonds.
Place in the oven for about 60 minutes or until cooked. The cake is cooked when a knife inserted in the middle is dry when withdrawn.
Allow to cool before serving (although it is delicious as well when warm!)

Notes

Serve up with a glass of Madeira wine (oh, OK, tea or coffee is also alright!) 😄

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 10 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 387Total Fat: 21gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 115mgSodium: 443mgCarbohydrates: 45gFiber: 2gSugar: 21gProtein: 7g

This nutrition information was automatically calculated by Nutritionix, but may not be 100% accurate.