As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Recipe for Delicious and Easy Best Madeira Loaf Cake
Print
Easy Best Madeira Loaf Cake
- Prep Time: 0 hours
- Additional Time: 0 hours
- Cook Time: 0 hours
- Total Time: 0 hours
- Yield: 1 loaf 1x
Description
Easy Best Madeira Loaf Cake. The cake has a firm yet light texture. and enjoyed with tea and traditionally flavored with lemon, and is similar to a pound cake or yellow cake.
Ingredients
- 225 g butter
- 1 cup of sugar
- 3 tsp finely grated orange rind,
- 1 tsp finely grated lemon rind
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup self-raising flour.
- 3/4 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup milk
Instructions
Preheat oven to 160C / 320.
Use an electric mixer to beat together sugar and butter.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each egg.
Add half the self-raising flour, half plain flour, half milk.
Gently fold together until almost mixed.
Then add the rest of the flour and milk.
Fold mixture until it is combined.
Spoon mixture into a prepared loaf tin.
Bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
Use a toothpick and gently poke to check if it is done.
Enjoy
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 288
- Sugar: 17
- Sodium: 268
- Fat: 17
- Saturated Fat: 10
- Unsaturated Fat: 5
- Trans Fat: 1
- Carbohydrates: 31
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 88
Keywords: Easy Best Madeira Loaf Cake, madeira cake
Easy Best Madeira Loaf Cake. The cake has a firm yet light texture. and enjoyed with tea and traditionally flavored with lemon, and is similar to a pound cake or yellow cake.
Read the full story behind Madeira cake
Did you know that the Madeira Loaf Originated in England?


The Maderia loaf cake is looking so delicious. I think I should print the recipe. Pinning the post for now
Thanks for printing and pinning this one. Do keep me updated when you make it.
Traditional Madeira cake from Portugal is a heavy fruit sugar cane cake – opposite to the light sponge cake known as Madeira cake although they do like their sponge cakes on Madeira so perhaps it is named after the sponge cakes made there 😊 Nevertheless I love both types of cake and will try this recipe 😊
Hi Linda. Thanks for the background on traditional Madeira cake from Portugal. I love to learn all these bits and pieces of information from around the world. Hope you will enjoy this one.
You are so welcome, and I will. I got a response already from my friend who bakes and she said she had been thinking about making a pound cake today. I made the cupcake suggestion in my FB post, so I will check with her later and see if she tried it. She frequently posts pictures of meals, including deserts that she makes for her family. M
Dear Michele, this is awesome news. Ask your friend maybe she will be interested to come and join The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes From Home Chefs group and share her recipes and pictures with us. https://www.facebook.com/groups/therecipehunter
I look forward to your feedback. Thanks for doing this
That looks delicious and easy. I wonder how it would do as cupcakes? Thanks for sharing. Michele
p.s. shared on my Facebook page.
Michele, I have not made it as a cupcake as yet, but I can not see why it will not work. When you do make cupcakes, please update us on the outcome, as it’s always good to add additional information on such a post especially once tried and tweaked. Thanks for sharing on FB, much appreciated.
Mmmm such a treat when I was a child. Might just have to try this and see what my family think. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Justine, Thanks, I hope you will make it and let me know what the family has to say. Enjoy it