Simple Madeira cake recipe

pieces of Madeira cake
Pieces of well baked madeira cake
 Freshly baked simple madeira cake.

Here is my easy simple madeira cake recipe. They are an excellent start for the novice baker. Beat together liquid ingredients; sift together dry ingredients
before adding to the beaten mixture. Mix everything, spoon into a baking pan and bake. Doesn’t need any prior baking experience.


Ingredients For baking


3 cups flour self raising ( I made my own self raising flour to use)

 

250g sugar ( 1 cup = 200g)
250g butter (I used one sachet Simas Baking margarine )
4 eggs at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla essence 
1 cup powder milk
baked for 20 minutes. 

 

Baking Procedure for how to bake madeira cake

 

  1. Make sure all the ingredients are at room temperature, not from the fridge.
  2. preheat oven to 180 degrees, if your oven is like mine without settings, just preheat for 10 to 15 minutes.
  3. Line or grease your baking pan
  4.  In a bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and creamy/fluffy- pale.
  5.  Add your eggs gradually beating and mixing thoroughly after each addition.
  6. Add vanilla essence.
  7.  Using a metal spoon, fold in the sifted flour and milk, your batter will be thick and creamy.
  8. Spoon into a baking pan and smooth the top.
  9. Bake for 45 minutes or till skewer (Toothpick) comes out clean).
  10. Your yummy easy ,madeira cake is ready.

 

 Making my self raising flour to use
 
  
In Nigeria, the cake that’s mostly baked and loved is Madeira cakes. These cakes are served at events like weddings, naming ceremonies, baby showers and even birthdays. The nature of the cake. The denseness makes it easy to bake and easy to convey.
When people ask for Nigerian cake, they are talking about madeira cakes. Very popular here. 

 

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