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Created on: June 26, 2010
Madeira cake
Need a simple dessert that’s not time consuming for a special event? Well, cakes are probably the easiest it can get. Cakes can be served in a variety of manners, forms, and events. They can be used as desserts for weddings, birthdays and maybe even a small dinner. There has to be many forms of cakes in the world. Madeira cake is a simple white cake that doesn't require any extra equipment. It has a tinge of orange taste.
Ingredients:
4 oz Margarine
4 oz Sugar
8 oz Flour (All-purpose flour 1 1/2 leveled tsp baking powder)
2 eggs
1 tsp lemon rind/ 1 tsp lemon juice
Milk to mix
Little sugar
1 piece of lemon/ orange peel for the top of cake (optional)
Instructions:
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
1. Cream together margarine and sugar until soft and light.
2. Stir flour and baking powder together.
3. Beat eggs and flour with margarine.
4. Mix in lemon rind/juice and milk to make a soft consistency.
5. Grease and flour a 7" baking pan.
6. Pour batter in pan and put in oven to bake till toothpick comes out clean.
7. Serve as desired.
Enjoy!
Now if you just want a simple cake for a casual occasion, here’s the recipe:
2 ½ cups All purpose flour
3 eggs
1 ½ cups sugar
¾ cups butter
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 ½ tsp baking powder
Instructions:
1.Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix all the ingredients together in a mixer.
2.Add two tablespoons of warm water. Mix the batter together until thick.
3.Grease desired pan and pour batter in pan Bake until toothpick comes out clean.
With a simple cake like this you can do almost anything with it. You can add food coloring to change the color or decorate it with as much icing as you want!
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