Ingredients

• 170 g - flour
• 120 g - sugar
• 120 g - butter or margarine
• 1/2 tsp - baking soda
• 3 - eggs
• 1 tsp - lime juice
• 1 tsp - lemon rind
• 1/2 tsp - lemon essence
• few drops - vanilla essence
• 15 g - candied orange peel
• Milk to mix
• 1 pinch - salt

How to Make Madeira Cake

• Sieve the flour with the baking powder.
• Cream the butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
• In a steel vessel beat the eggs with vanilla essence.
• Add to the sugar and butter mixture little by little while mixing gently.
• Take care that the mixture does not curdle.
• Fold in the flour lightly.
• Add lemon juice, lemon rind and lemon essence.
• Add enough milk to the mixture till dropping consistency.
• Pour the mixture in a greased baking tin.
• Bake in an oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit/150 degrees centigrade for about 45 minutes.
• Decorate with strips of candied orange peel.