March 6   Flavouring Madeira Cakes

Posted by Andy

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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



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4 Comments

  • By Rode Sarmiento on 30 March 2009 at 7:30 pm

    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 ;-)

  • By ma cruz on 10 May 2009 at 8:55 pm

    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

  • By Lindy Smith on 11 May 2009 at 8:53 am

    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.

  • By Aivoji Donna on 13 May 2010 at 5:35 pm

    i tried the maidera cake using zest of lemon and orange.it was so tasty.

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