My Madeira cake recipe is infused with coconut yet still has the beautiful lemon flavour which is moist and spongy in texture.
Taking only 35 minutes to cook this Madeira cake recipe takes only half the time of a traditional Madeira cake recipe to bake.
My cake recipe uses xylitol instead of sugar so my cake is sugar free.
I cooked this cake today and there is only cake crumbs left, it is a very tasty cake indeed!
Ingredients for Jeenas Kitchen Madeira Cake with Coconut Recipe
4oz Self Raising Flour
4oz Sunflower Margarine
3oz Xylitol (or 3-4 ounces caster sugar)
1 Small lemon
1oz Fine Cornmeal/Polenta
2 Eggs
1oz Unsweetened Desiccated Coconut
'note...After the cake is cooked you can brush the top of the cake with fresh lemon juice and sprinkle with coconut if desired, you can even sprinkle on a little lemon zest for decoration.'
4oz Self Raising Flour
4oz Sunflower Margarine
3oz Xylitol (or 3-4 ounces caster sugar)
1 Small lemon
1oz Fine Cornmeal/Polenta
2 Eggs
1oz Unsweetened Desiccated Coconut
'note...After the cake is cooked you can brush the top of the cake with fresh lemon juice and sprinkle with coconut if desired, you can even sprinkle on a little lemon zest for decoration.'
How to make Jeenas Kitchen Madeira Cake with Coconut
Cream together the margarine and xylitol until light and fluffy.
Add the zest of one small unwaxed lemon and squeeze in approximately 1-2 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice.
Add eggs, flour and coconut.
Mix very well.
Pour Madeira cake batter into a small greased and floured tin.
Place into a hot oven at 180C cook for 35-40 minutes or until golden and spongy to the touch.
Do not open the oven door for at least 25-30 minutes or else the cake will sink.
Place into a hot oven at 180C cook for 35-40 minutes or until golden and spongy to the touch.
Do not open the oven door for at least 25-30 minutes or else the cake will sink.
Leave the Madeira and coconut cake in the cake tin for 5-10 minutes before removing it and leaving the cake to cool.
Your lemon Madeira and coconut cake will have cracks on the top, this is how it is supposed to be.
Slice and enjoy Jeenas delicious lemon Madeira and coconut cake recipe.
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18 comments:
A lemon and coconut cake sounds really good!
A delicious looking cake! Fluffy and moist!
Cheers,
Rosa
I love coconut in cakes. Sounds delicious.
if i had been anywhere around, there wouldn't even be crumbs left. :) sounds terrific!
HI JEENA
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Greetings Jeen
Thanks for all of the info on Xylitol, I learned a lot! It is so big in Asia, you couldn't escape it, yet I still didn't know that much about it. But I have never ventured to bake anything with it, I should give this cake a try because it looks so moist! Seriously, it looks delicious.
Hi jeena,
Madeira cake look so good, love the idea of brushing the top of the cake with fresh lemon juice and sprinkle it with coconut.
Yum- this cake looks very moist, dense and delicious.
Your Madeira cake looks really good, Jeena, I'm not surprised it's all gone.
Thanks for the info on xylitol
Just got back from Madeira.
I miss the cake!
Thank goodness for Jeena!
Eileen
I made the cake last night for my father-in-law who's diabetic. It tasted yummy. I put 2 capfuls of coconut flavoring in the mix as well. I think next time I'll double the recipe as it isn't enough batter to fill a loaf pan. The finished cake was only 1 inch in eighth.
Hi there I'm glad you liked my cake.
My recipe states to place the cake batter into a small loaf tin not a large loaf tin. Try using a small loaf tin and it will turn out perfect.
Feel free to email with anymore queries.
Thanks, Jeena.
Dear Jeena,
I would like to know the meaning of Xylitol and is it easily available in mumbai.
Regards,
Milly.
Xylitol is sweetener used to replace sugar. I do not know if it is availible in Mumbai.
Sugar can be used in this recipe also.
Hi!
I'd love to make this cake as a gift as my mother's diabetic. A couple of questions though.
1. Would it be make much difference to subsitute the margarine for butter?
2. Is a 2lb loaf tin suitable for this recipe?
Looking forward to trying it out. Thanks for posting!
Hi Kathryn,
This cake recipe is for a small cake tin so a 2lb loaf tin would be too big.
You can substitute butter for margarine yes.
What is the cornmeal for? It's not mentioned in the directions.
Hi there,
Madeira Cake looks great but I am interested in using a healthy flour not whole wheat, any other suggestions?
Thank you,
A.
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