Butter Madeira Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 55 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 225 g flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 175 g caster sugar
• 175 g butter, softened
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon milk, cold
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Recipe

• 1 grease lined tin with melted butter.
• 2 sift flour and baking powder into processor and add all remaining ingredients.
• 3 run machine for 20 counts.
• 4 scrape down sides.
• 5 run machine for a further 30 counts.
• 6 transfer to prepared tin and spread evenly with a spatula. bake at 160° c for 1 1/2 hours.
• 7 leave in tin 15 minutes before turning onto a rack.
• 8 variations seed cake = add 2-3 tsp caraway seeds after scraping down the sides.
• 9 orange cake = omit vanilla.
• 10 add 1 tsp orange peel.
• 11 lemon cake = add 1 tsp lemon peel.
• 12 chocolate speckle cake = add 1 crushed chocolate flake bar after scraping down sides.
• 13 raisin cake = add 3 oz raisins after scraping down sides.
• 14 spicy cake = add 2-3 tsp mixed spice with the other ingredients.