Madeira Cake
I've been a follower of the GBBO since it started, but have rarely made anything I've seen. This series I thought I'd try and made something from each week [or two!]'s programmes and decided on a Madeira Cake. My Mum used to make it frequently, sometimes in a round tin and sometimes in a loaf tin. I decided on the latter as it's easier to cut. I looked at recipes from Mary Berry, James Martin, the WI baking book, the Good Food site and the BBC food site, and the recipes all had the same amount of butter, sugar, flour and eggs. The only difference was that a couple added ground almonds, a couple added milk and some added lemon zest. Mum's recipe in her much-used notebook had the same quantities as the others, but used plain flour with baking powder. It's a very plain version - no ground almonds, milk or lemon zest. Preheat oven 160C/gas3 Grease and line a 900g loaf tin or a 18cm round cake tin. It's such a simple recipe - you need 175g of ...