Madeira Cake#SundayFunday

Madeira cake is a traditional and simple British style cake that gets it's name from the Madeira wine, a wine sourced from Portugal with which this cake was served. This cake is flavoured with lemon and slcied almonds.

Ingredients

175 Grams Butter
125 Grams Caster sugar
1 Teaspoon Lemon zest
¾ Cup Self Raising Flour
¾ Cup All Purpose Flour
½ Teaspoon Baking powder
3 Eggs
½ Cup Sliced Almonds
4 Tablespoons Milk
½ Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
Method

Sieve both the flours and baking powder together.

Beat butter and sugar till light and creamy. Add lemon rind. Start adding eggs one at a time and continue beating till the all the eggs are incorporated. Add essence and whisk again, then add flour and a tablespoon of milk and continue beating till the flour and milk is incorporated, add half the sliced almonds and lightly mix it. Pour this mixture into a greased and lined baking tray, sprinkle the remaining slcied almonds. Bake in a preheated oven @180°C for 35 to 40 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.