Monday 25 May 2015

Nigella's Mother-In-Law's Madeira Cake : Bake-Along #79

I had a fun gathering cum baking session with my baking friends on last Saturday. We made some lovely Apple Rose tarts and a chiffon cake that we had chosen for our gathering.

And here, I'm having another round of 'Bake-Along' with all the wonderful ladies in this Bake-Along #79 - My Mother-In-Law's Madeira Cake (Nigella Lawson)



As I was about to prepare the ingredients, I realised that I didn't have the appropriate size aluminium loaf pan. Since I've baked small mini cakes using the square shape muffin pan, think it should be 'do-able' ....

My Mother-In-Law's Madeira Cake
Recipe adapted from Nigella Lawson

I used one third of the recipe to bake in 6 square shape muffin pan. When I read that Joyce added some rum, I added Grand Marnier since I've got a bottle.
My modifications made in blue below.

Ingredients
240 grams unsalted butter (softened) 80 grams 
200 grams caster sugar (plus extra for sprinkling) 65 grams, reserved 1 tablespoon for sprinkling
grated zest and juice of 1 unwaxed lemon 1/2
3 large eggs 1 egg
210 grams self-raising flour 70 grams
90 grams plain flour 30 grams 
2 teaspoon of Grand Marnier my addition 

Method:
You will need a loaf tin (23 x 13 x 7cm / 9 x 5 x 3 inches), buttered and lined.
I used a square muffin pan, greased with butter, makes 6 mini cakes.

1. Preheat the oven to 170ºC

2. Cream the butter and sugar, and add the lemon zest.

3. Add the egg one at a time with a tablespoon of the flour for each.

4. Then gently mix in the rest of the flour and, finally, the lemon juice and my addition of Grand Marnier.

5. Sprinkle with caster sugar (about 2 tablespoons should do it) as it goes into the oven, and bake for 1 hour or until a cake-tester comes out clean.
(Spoon the mixture evenly among the muffin cups and smooth the surface. I used 1 tablespoon of caster sugar to sprinkle onto the 6 batter, baked for 25 minutes).


6. Remove to a wire rack, and let cool in the tin before turning out.



Realised that the amount of Grand Marnier is too little to be detected. I'm surprised that it's texture is light and not too buttery. Love the fragrance of the lemon and tangy tender crumbs.  Oh Yes! I agree with Zoe ... really 'yummy because of its sugary crusty topping' when I took my first bite of the cake. And well, it seemed to have 'character' as commented by Lena 'a crispy top which gives the cake a bit of 'character'

Enjoy & Happy Baking!

I'm submitting this post to 
Bake-Along #79 : Mother-In-Law's Madeira Cake
Hosted by ZoeLena & Joyce




26 comments:

  1. Hi 5! I've made one over the weekend too! Like you, love this tangy and fragrant cake too!

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    1. Yeah agreed. Hee .. hee.. my big kids asked for somemore ^-^!

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  2. Hi Karen,

    I like the way that you baked this fantastic recipe into cute little madeira cakes. They are very handy to be picked and enjoyed. Very cute character :D

    Zoe

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  3. Thanks for the measurements, Karen. I'm gonna follow yours and use my square muffin pans too. :D

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    1. Yeah ! Hi 5 that we used square muffin pan to bake Madeira Cake.

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  4. What a wonderful time to spend to "bake-along" with your friends. So wonderful too to enjoy the cake with tea or coffee!

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    1. Yes, it's really wonderful that we could gather 2 times a year to bake-along and having great fun despite our busy schedule.

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  5. Well my cake was a bit too crusty and I lost it all while cutting! Great idea to bake in mini sizes so you don't have to cut!

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    1. Thanks Jeannie, it was like "impromptu" to bake in mini sizes.

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  6. Good idea to bake the Madeira cake in that cute muffin pan. Like Jeannie said, 'no need to cut'!

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    1. Thanks Cheah. Luckily the cakes came off easily from the mini square muffin pan.

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  7. hey, even the little ones also managed to crack..hehe..yes, i like it too, thx so much for participating!

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    1. Oh yes ... hee.. hee.. kinda "got character" look :D

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  8. Hi Karen,
    Grand Marnier! Sounds good! I like boozy cakes! hehe!
    Making them into mini cakes makes serving easier.
    Glad that you have enjoyed the cake.
    Thanks for joining our Bake-Along!

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    1. Hi Joyce,
      I'm glad too able to learn and bake-along with all of you.

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  9. 我觉得这个蛋糕蛮不错的。香香柔嫩。好吃啊。
    我也是做了小小的份量。很快可以吃完。

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    1. Oh yes ... I like it too. Should have baked more cos my son said 吃不够。

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  10. Hi Karen, I have kept the recipe somewhere to try but I think I have misplaced it. You made the right decision to bake it in muffin tray. Looks cute and easy to serve. BTW, I like your profile picture, cute, cute lah.

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    1. Hi Kimmy,
      I find that the small squarish Madeira Cake looks cute too.
      Oh the profile pic of oreo cupcakes was many years ago... Just cropped the cartoon of eyes to make them looked cute ... thanks.

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  11. I like your idea in baking them into cuppies.

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  12. Hi Karen, this Madeira MIL cake is very famous recently in blogsphere. I havent try it yet. May i hv a slice from U first? :)

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  13. Hi Karen, this Madeira MIL cake is very famous recently in blogsphere. I havent try it yet. May i hv a slice from U first? :)

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  14. Hi Karen, this Madeira MIL cake is very famous recently in blogsphere. I havent try it yet. May i hv a slice from U first? :)

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  15. Nice tea setting! I imagine you having your cake and sipping tea.

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