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Skip to contentThis easy and classic Madeira cake with fruit recipe is buttery and delicious. The fruit is soaked in Madeira wine making it even more of a treat. I added a Lemon icing glaze but this cake is just as nice without.This is a really easy cake with only six ingredients that comes together quickly. The only thing that takes time is pre-soaking the raisins and sultanas in something deliciously boozy before. The longer you leave them to soak the more they absorb the liquid. Two to three days is optimal.You can speed this up by heating the raisin and sultanas with the liquid in a small pot, bringing it to a boil and then letting it cool. This cake is lovely to serve with a glass of Madeira wine, fortified wine or Muscadel.If you don’t have self-raising flour use two teaspoons of baking powder with regular cake flour. You can of course skip this step and add the raisins in without being pre-soaked.Madeira cake is a classic known for its simplicity and rich flavour. This dense yet delicate cake originates from the Portuguese island of Madeira. The cake is characterized by its buttery, slightly crumbly texture and a subtle hint of lemon zest.As this is quite a dense and neutral cake it can carry other flavours very well. It’s a great cake to add other things.Lemon Madeira cake:&nbsp; Leave out the vanilla and fruit and add a tablespoon of lemon juice to the batter. Rub the zest into the sugar with your fingers before for optimal flavour absorption.Orange Madeira cake:&nbsp;&nbsp;Do as above and leave out the vanilla and add the zest of an orange and 15ml of orange juice. Rub the zest into the sugar with your fingers before for optimal flavour absorption.Spicy Madeira cake: To make the cake spicy, replace the white sugar with dark brown sugar or Muscovado sugar and add 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 2 teaspoons of mixed spice.Cherry Madeira cake: Stir half a cup of halved glace cherries into the batter before baking.Almond Madeira Cake: Add ½ teaspoon of almond essence to the batter and sprinkle about 50 grams (1/3 cup) of flaked or nibbed almonds over the top before baking.To amplify the booziness of this classic Madeira cake with fruit recipe, drizzle additional Madeira or fortified wine over the top after baking and while the cake is still hot.This easy Madeira cake with fruit recipe can be made in advance and frozen. Simply double wrap the cake in cling film and then aluminium foil and freeze.To thaw, leave it at room temperature until it has thawed.This cake is often made in a loaf tin so you can make a small 18cm round cake as I have done or alternatively make it into a 22cm x 12 cm loaf tin.I prefer to line my baking tins with paper as this prevents them from over-browning and makes removing the cake from the oven easier.The best chocolate cake by Ina GartenVictorian sponge cake with strawberry jamOrange cake with orange buttercreamThe best hummingbird sheet cakeMy best cake recipesRecipe makes 1 x 18 cm round cake or a medium loaf cakeA classic and easy Madeira cake recipe made more delicious by soaking the raisins and sultanas in Madeira wine.Print Recipe&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Find me on Instagram &amp; Pinterest&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm a professional food stylist, recipe developer and food photographer hunting down the delicious things in life.Comfort is a collection of 42 deliciously nostalgic and familiar recipes designed with the pure pleasure of eating in mind.Sign up to the free Drizzle &amp; Dip Substack for regular updates

Skip to contentThis easy and classic Madeira cake with fruit recipe is buttery and delicious. The fruit is soaked in Madeira wine making it even more of a treat. I added a Lemon icing glaze but this cake is just as nice without.This is a really easy cake with only six ingredients that comes together quickly. The only thing that takes time is pre-soaking the raisins and sultanas in something deliciously boozy before. The longer you leave them to soak the more they absorb the liquid. Two to three days is optimal.You can speed this up by heating the raisin and sultanas with the liquid in a...

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