Nigella's Mother in-law Madeira Cake ~马德拉蛋糕

It;s Bake Along time again. This round Bake Along #79 event is baking My Mother-in-law's Madeira Cake. This recipe is from the book of How to be a Domestic Goddess by Nigella Lawson or here. So you know it is her mother-in-law. It is interesting, isn't it? To find out how does this interesting cake taste like? i have to bake one.

This cake has a firm, yet light texture. It is nice to eat with tea and it is traditionally flavored with lemon. It is a sponge cake in traditional English cookery. (want know more about the history of this cake here

I baked 2/3 of the original recipe to suit a slim, long loaf tin that i have. I am glad that the cake turn out so well. Happy~ ^_^ ~

为了配合我的长又高挑的模子就把食谱减成2/3的分量。做出来的效果好好，很开心呀！

香喷喷呀!! 马德拉岛蛋糕好好吃！虽然是命名为马德拉岛蛋糕但这蛋糕不是来自马德拉岛。

是来自葡萄牙，通常做成长条状。 19世纪蛋糕造成后，传统都是以马德拉酒同奉上，但现在则用茶。 蛋糕是类似一款简单的磅蛋糕。组织幼细，松而富有浓郁的奶油和柠檬香气。

My Mother-in -law's Madeira Cake

Recipe adapted from How To Be a Domestic Goddess or here

makes 1 loaf (i scale down to 2/3 from the original portion for my 27cm long x 23 cm width and 3 cm height loaf pan)

Ingredients:

180g unsalted butter, at room temperature

105g castor sugar

grated zest and juice of 1/2 a lemon (wash with some salt to get rid of the wax)

2 'B' eggs

158g self raising flour (i don't have self raising flour; i added 2 tsp baking powder to 158g plain flour)

68g plain flour

To Do:

1. Buttered and lined a loaf tin. 
2. Cream butter and sugar, and add in lemon zest.
3. Add in eggs, one at a time, with a tablespoon of flour for each.
4. Then gently mix in the rest of the flour and finally the lemon juice.
5. Sprinkle with castor sugar (i used 1 tablespoon only) as it goes into the oven and bake for 1 hour or until the cake-tester comes out clean.
6.  Let the cake cool on wire rack, before turning it out.

马德拉蛋糕

食谱分享：How to be a Domestic Goddess, Nigella Lawson 者或这里

做 一条长条蛋糕 （蛋糕模的size 27cm x 23cm x 3cm)

材料：

180克 牛油，室温

105克 幼糖

2 蛋 （我用B蛋）

1/2 柠檬的汁和屑

158克 自发面粉 （我用158克低筋粉加2茶匙发粉）

90克 低筋面粉

少许幼糖 （撒面用）（我用了1 汤匙）

做法：

1. 预热烤箱170度。 把粉类过筛，备用。
2. 把牛油和糖打发，加入柠檬屑。
3. 加入蛋， 一粒蛋，一汤匙粉拌均匀。再一粒蛋，一汤匙粉，拌均匀。然后用汤匙分次把粉类加入拌均匀。
4. 最后拌入柠檬汁，混合成均匀的面糊。
5. 倒入一扑上烘焙纸和抹上牛油的长条模型烤盘。在面层撒上幼糖。
6. 送入烤箱，以170度烤60分钟或至蛋糕表面金黄色就可以了。

ENJOY~

This post is linking to Bake-Along event hosted by Joyce, Lena and Zoe

  And

also linked to Cook Your Books Event #23 hosted by Joyce of Kitchen Flavours

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