Bakes And Tastes provides a simple step for making Madeira cake.
Ingredients (Madeira Cake):
1 (lb) pound of sifted flour
200 grams of Sugar
(1 lb) of butter
8 Large eggs
Nutmeg (1 tsp)
2 tsp Rum flavoring
4 teaspoons of Baking Powder
1 half cup milk
Icing sugar 500 grams
Essence 2 tablespoon
Method (Cake):
Mix butter and sugar in a bowl
Beat till light and fluffy
Add eggs one at a time and cream
Add one spoon of flour and milk along with the 6th, 7th and 8th egg
Fold in the flour and mix with the figure 8 motion
Method (Butter Cream Frosting):
In a bowl, cream butter add icing sugar in bits
Add milk in bits until light and fluffy
Add 2 tablespoon essence