Madeira Cake (Nigella Lawson) 马德拉蛋糕

I was attracted to this Madeira Cake for Bake Along event, when Zoe baked a very small cake with only 1 egg. I quickly went into my storeroom to dig into my boxes to look for smallest loaf tin that I could find. I was so pleased to be rewarded with this yellow cake full of lemon flavour for our afternoon tea.  I love the light and soft texture of this cake especially the crispy sugary top. Just can't help treating myself to another slice of this yummy cake!

Madeira Cake

      Ingredients:
      80g butter, softened
      50g caster sugar
      lemon zest of 1 lemon
      2 tbsp lemon juice
      1 large egg (70g), lightly beaten
      70g self-raising flour
      30g plain flour 

      Topping - caster sugar (I used natural raw sugar)

      Method: 1 small tin loaf (8 x 17cm)

• Preheat oven to 170 deg C, Lined tin loaf with parchment paper all sides up. Sift flour together, set aside. 
• Cream the butter and sugar till fluffy, and add the lemon zest with a hand electric mixer.
• Add the beaten eggs in 3 batches with a tablespoon of the flour for each at low speed.
• Then gently mix in the rest of the flour in few batches with a rubber spatula. Finally, the lemon juice.
• Pour batter into prepared tin and spread evenly with a spoon.
• Sprinkle with sugar over the batter.
• Bake for 25 mins  or until a skewer comes out clean (I baked mine for 35 mins).

      

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马德拉蛋糕

      材料：

      80克 牛油，稍微软

      50克 细糖

      1粒柠檬皮屑

      2汤匙 柠檬汁

      1个 全蛋 ，打散（约70克）

      70克 自发面粉

      30克 普通面粉

      细砂糖 （我用原蔗金砂糖） （撒面），适量

      做法：

• 预热烤箱致摄氏170度。一个小烤盘（8x17cm），铺纸。分类过筛，备用。
• 用手电动搅拌器将牛油和糖一起打致松发，加入柠檬皮屑拌匀。
• 以底速度，将鸡蛋液分次加入。每加入一次蛋液搅匀，接着加入1汤匙粉类拌均匀，才下第二次的蛋液和粉类。一共三次。
• 把剩下的粉类分次拌入用刮刀拌匀。最后拌入柠檬汁，混合均匀即可。
• 将面糊倒入烤盘里，抹平。撒上适量的砂糖。
• 放入烤箱，烤约25分钟（我烤了35分钟）或竹签扎入蛋糕内部，取出竹签不沾黏，即可出炉。

     

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