Orange Maderia Cake
Equipment
- Loaf tin
Ingredients
- 175g Butter
- 200 g caster sugar (1 cup)
- 3 eggs
- 120 g plain flour (1 cup)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 55 g ground almonds (1/2 a cup)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla paste
- The zest and juice of 1/2 of a medium orange
- 1/8 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 180 degrees celcius / gas mark 4 / 350 F and grease and line a loaf tin
- In a mixing bowl cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Then add in the eggs one at a time and combine well, if the mixture starts to curdle add in a tbsp of flour a mix well
- Sift in the flour, salt and baking powder and stir to combine
- Now, add in the almonds, vanilla and orange juice and zest, then stir together
- Pour the batter into the loaf tin and pop it into the oven
- Bake for 45 minutes to an hour or until a toothpick comes out cleanHalfway through baking when the cake is golden brown cover it in some tin foil and continues to bake until well cooked - this will make sure that the cake doesn't over brown