Mothers Day

I made a very nice madeira cake for Mothers Day. I have made it before and it went down well.

Madeira cake is a sponge cake in traditional English cookery. The Madeira Cake has a firm yet light texture, eaten with tea or rarely for breakfast and is traditionally flavoured with lemon.Dating back to an original recipe in the 18th century or 19th century, it is not unlike a simple pound cake or yellow cake. The Madeira Cake is sometimes mistakenly thought to originate from the Madeira Islands, however, that is not the case as it was instead named after the Madeira wine, which was popular in England at the time and was often served with the cake. Nowadays, it is often served with tea or liquoirs.

Lemon Madeira cake with cream cheese frosting

-200g slightly salted butter

-200g caster sugar

-Finely grated zest of 2 lemons , plus 3 tbsp juice

- 2 tsp vanilla extract

- 3 medium eggs, beaten

- 275g self raising flower

For the frosting:

- 200g full fat cream cheese

- 50g slightly salted butter

-100g icing sugar

- 1 tsp lemon juice

- Preheat the oven to 170c

- Grease and line base and sides of a 23cm round cake tin, then grease the paper too

- Beat together the butter, sugar, lemon zest and vanilla until creamy.

- Gradually beat the eggs in, a little at a time, adding a spoonful of the flour if the mixture starts to separate.

- Fold in the flour and the lemon juice.

- Transfer into the tin and level.

- Bake for 45/50 mins

- Transfer to a wire rack to cool

For the frosting, combine all the ingredients and mix until smooth.

Enjoy!!!

Flowers from my lovely boys.

I re -potted them into pretty teacups and pots.

xx