Mary Berry's Madeira Cake

A slice of madeira cake on a blue plate with more cake in the blackground

4.03 from 39 votes

Mary Berry's Madeira Cake, a classic dessert recipe for your afternoon tea party. It's a light and fluffy sponge made with simple ingredients, and the lemon touch makes the cake flavourful and fresh.

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Total Time40

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: British

Servings: people

Calories: 402kcal

Author: Daniela Apostol

Ingredients

175 g granulated sugar
175 g butter, soften
3 eggs
225 g self-raising flour
50 g ground almonds
zest from one lemon

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Add the butter and sugar to a large bowl and use an electric mixer to beat everything well until creamy.
Add the eggs one by one, beating well after each addition.
In go the flour and ground almonds together with the lemon zest.
Mix everything well to get a smooth thick batter.
Grease and flour a 23 cm/9 inch round cake tin, and spread the batter evenly.
Bake in the preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius (350 Fahrenheit) for 30 minutes or until golden and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Leave to cool for 15 minutes, then carefully remove from the cake tin, and transfer to a cooling rack to be cooled down completely.

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Notes

Click on the US Customary link to see the measurements displayed in cups and ounces.
The servings can be adjusted by clicking the number next to Servings.

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