Gluten free Madeira Cake
This cake recipe is great for creating celebration cakes; it can be decorated as you like. The cake is firm, but light, moist and totally delicious. Most importantly it has a great shelf life (not that it will be required :).
If this is your first time making this gluten free cake, I believe that you might never go back to making cakes which includes rice flour, because that texture, flavour and the shelf life of this cake is far superior. But don’t take my word for it! Try making the cake yourself and let me know your thoughts.
- Prep Time20 min
- Cook Time45 min
- Total Time1 hr 5 min
Info / Ingredients
Information
- Makes: 1x15cm diam, cake
- Tin size: 15cm diameter
- Baking time: 35 to 45 minutes approx.
- Oven temperature: 180ºC
Ingredients
- 125g of softened butter
- 185g of golden caster sugar
- 125g of Isabel’s all-purpose Cassava flour
- 40g cornflour
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- 2 Tbsp of milk
- ½ tsp of vanilla essence/extract
- 3 Large eggs yolks
- 3 egg whites whisked until stiff
Method
Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF/Gas Mark 4). Grease and line the baking tin with grease proof paper.
Place the sugar and butter in mixing bowl. Mix together and beat for 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy. Then add the egg yolks one by one and beat until all mixed.
Stir together the flours and baking powder. Then gradually add the flours to the sugar, butter and yolks mixture. Add the milk and beat well until the milk is fully incorporated to form a lump free batter.
Place the egg whites in a clean grease free bowl and whisk until stiff, but not dry.
Add one third of the egg whites to the cake mixture, and carefully fold in the egg white using a balloon whisk or metal spoon, cutting through and turning the mixture until all the egg whites have been incorporated. Repeat this process with the remaining egg whites.
Pour the mixture into the prepared greased and lined tin and gently level the top with a spatula.
Place the cake mixture in the centre of the pre-heated oven for 35 to 45 minutes. Test the cake by inserting a tooth pick at the centre. The cake should be golden brown and feel firm and springy when cooked. Loosen the edges with a palette knife and invert onto a cooling rack.
Carefully remove the lining paper, turn the cake the right way up and leave until cold.
Decorate as desired. Keeps for up to a week.
I made this cake yesterday and it was lovelyyyy—I have severe dairy and gluten allergy so I just used water but it made no difference—it tasted like my grandma’s cake 🎂 thank you 😊 ( also reduced sugar to 150gms—it was sweet enough) ❤️