Maderia cake
9
Points®
Total time: 1 hr 5 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 50 min • Serves: 12 • Difficulty: Easy
When it comes to the perfect accompaniment to a hot cuppa, nothing comes close to a slice of this lemony sponge.
Ingredients
Reduced fat oil spread
125 g
Caster sugar
¾ cup(s), (165g)
Fresh lemon rind
1 tsp
Egg(s)
2 medium
Buttermilk
1 cup(s), (250g)
White self-raising flour
1¾ cup(s)
Icing sugar
2 tsp
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 180°C or 160°C fan-forced. Lightly spray a 20cm round cake tin with oil. Line base and side with baking paper.
2
Using electric beaters, beat spread, caster sugar and rind in a medium bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in buttermilk and flour, alternately, until combined.
3
Spoon mixture into prepared tin and smooth the surface. Bake for 45–50 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Stand cake in tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
4
Serve cake, warm or cold, dusted with icing sugar.
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