Madeira Cake

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This is the barroom you're apt to spot connected a broadside array astatine the Crawley family's day beverage connected "Downton Abbey." Madeira cake, named aft the fortified Portuguese vino with which it was often paired, was a favourite passim the 19th and 20th centuries. We tin spot why: delicate citrus spirit and a tender crumb that holds unneurotic good capable to not mar a beauteous dress. It whitethorn punctual you of a lightened-up lb cake.

Dusting the cookware with sweetener alternatively of flour gives it a somewhat crunchy exterior. Feel escaped to swap successful orangish oregon lime zest for the lemon.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 8-10 makes 1 (8 1/2-inch) loaf

3/4 cupful positive 2 tablespoons (170 grams) sugar, positive much for the pan
1 cupful (125 grams) flour
Finely grated citrus zest from 1 ample citrus (about 1 tablespoon)
1/2 spoon baking powder
3 ample eggs
8 tablespoons (1 stick/113 grams) unsalted butter, melted and cooled, positive more, astatine country temperature, for the pan
1/2 spoon vanilla extract

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 10)

Calories
210
Fat
10 g
Saturated Fat
7 g
Carbohydrates
27 g
Sodium
45 mg
Cholesterol
90 mg
Protein
3 g
Sugar
17 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook" by Annie Gray (Weldon Owen, 2019).

Tested by Becky Krystal.

Published September 19, 2019

Updated March 16, 2026