Often Madeira cake is left plain but there are lots of ingredients that you can use to add a different flavour.
For a six egg quantity Madeira, an 20cm (8 inch) round cake, try one of the following
· Lemon – Finely grated rind of 2 lemons (this is the traditional flavouring)
· Vanilla – 1 tsp vanilla extract
· Cherry – 350g (12oz) glace cherries, halved
· Coconut – 110g (3 ¾ oz) desiccated coconut
· Almond – 1tsp almond extract and 3 tbsp ground almonds
The Chocolate Cake recipe that Lindy uses can also be flavoured. We did a Chocolate Orange recipe for a client which was very successful using the zest of 2 oranges and 2 tsp of orange extract for the 20cm (8 inch) chocolate cake.
The recipes for both the Madeira and Chocolate cakes are in all of Lindy’s cake decorating books.
Our list isn’t by any means complete, so please do add any other flavouring suggestions that you would like to share with our readers.
Andy
I didn’t find anywhere a madeira’s cake recipe that was carrot flavored, but I did give myself the chance of trying; I made it, and it was a terrific success in my church’s event!
I just added the carrot and spices as it was a traditional carrot cake, but the consistency firmer of the MC was very handy for me to decotare and store.
Check it out on my site
I need help, I cannot get real red for my sugarpaste
decorations, I’ve bought real red paste color but still
is not the red I see in many cakes. I would apreciate if
somebody could give me indications how to get it.
Thanks. Ma Cruz
In the UK we are lucky enough to be able to buy pre-coloured red sugarpaste, however it is possible to colour your own. To get a deep red you will need to use a concentrated paste colour such as the Sugarflair extra concentrated paste colour that we stock. You might find you sugarpaste gets very sticky, if it does I suggest you add a little CMC and white vegetable fat to the sugarpaste to over come this problem.
Good luck.
i tried the maidera cake using zest of lemon and orange.it was so tasty.
Do you hold any courses in Brighton or London?
Hi Ansara,
Lindy holds courses near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, so these are not far from London, about an hour away by train via Chiltern Railways.
We would love to see you.
Marina
could you advise me on what size cakes to use it is a three tier sponge wedding for 160 people thankyou pat.
Hi Pat,
There are a number of ways of doing this, firstly you need to decide if you prefer a 2in (5cm) or 3in (7.5cm) difference between the tiers.
For example, if you prefer a 3in difference, for 160 people we suggest:
Bottom tier – 11 inch round
Middle tier – 8 inch round
Top tier – 5 inch round
This will give you 79 servings of 2 x 1 inch slices.
Then we suggest having 2 x 11 inch round cutting cakes in the kitchen which will give you approx 173 servings in total including the other 3 tiers on the wedding cake.
Hope this helps you and good luck with the wedding cake.
Marina
Where I come from in Greece, we always eat madeira cake with raisins in it. Are there any other traditional versions of this recipe I wonder?
Hi Zena,
What a lovely idea, Madeira with Raisins.
Its not something we have had here at Lindy’s.
Does anyone else know if there are other traditional versions of Madeira cake from across the world?
Marina
Lindy sou sua fã do Brasil, tenho 3 livros seus Este bolo de madeira que vocês estão falando ele e feito de que.
Aqui no Brasil é bolo de noiva o mais usado para casamento com ameixa, passas, frutas cristalizadas, castanha, amendoim vinho do porto, vinho eu posso passar a receita se quiserem moscatel. eu gostaria de receber a receita do bolo de madeira, beijo
Olá Ruth
My recipe for madiera is here on my blog please click here. I’d love to try a traditional Brazilian wedding cake please do send me a recipe,
obrigada.
Beijos Lindy
Can you please advise what is the best recipe to use to make my sons birthday cake.
I’m using a 9 inch square tin to make a football pitch
Also what is cooking times and temperatures?
I have a fan assisted electric oven.
Thanks,
Laura
Hi Laura,
Sorry for the delay in our response, we have a great Madeira Cake recipe on our website and also the Chocolate Fudge Cake would work, boys love chocolate!!
Take Care
Sara
Hi,
I would like to make a small madiera cake as the top tier of my Christmas cake and I was wondering if you have any suggestions for a flavouring that would make it more festive?
Many thanks,
Michelle x
Hello Michelle
You can use loads of flavours – spices, grated marzipan, fruit and cherries, almonds, maybe a little alcohol!
Jane