Bolo de Mel da Madeira (Honey cake from Madeira)

Name: Bolo de Mel da Madeira (Honey cake from Madeira)
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: 125 g Butter; 50 g Lard; 150 g Sugar; 30 g Currants; 25 g Citation; 25 g Candied orange peel; 50 g Walnut kernels; 7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1/2 untreated lemon; 250 g Flour; 1 TEASPOON Baking Powder; 1 1/2 TSP. ground cinnamon; 1/2 TEASPOON grated nutmeg; 1/4 TEASPOON ground cloves; 2 Eggs (size M); 350 g Honey; 100 ml Madeira (wine); 7-10 Tbsp approx. 125 m l milk; 2 candied orange slices; 1 candied lemon slice; 7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar; 7-10 Tbsp Fat and flour

AUTHOR
Andrew Gay

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
75 mins

TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 20

125 g Butter
50 g Lard
150 g Sugar
30 g Currants
25 g Citation
25 g Candied orange peel
50 g Walnut kernels
7-10 Tbsp grated rind of 1/2 untreated lemon
250 g Flour
1 TEASPOON Baking Powder
1 1/2 TSP. ground cinnamon
1/2 TEASPOON grated nutmeg
1/4 TEASPOON ground cloves
2 Eggs (size M)
350 g Honey
100 ml Madeira (wine)
7-10 Tbsp approx. 125 m l milk
2 candied orange slices
1 candied lemon slice
7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar
7-10 Tbsp Fat and flour

Directions

1
Melt butter and lard in a pot. Stir in sugar and currants, remove the pot from the heat and let it cool down
2
Chop the candied lemon peel and candied orange peel. Set aside 25 g walnut kernels for decorating. Chop the rest coarsely
3
Put the fat-sugar mixture, lemon zest, chopped fruit and walnut kernels in a bowl and mix. Sift flour and mix with baking powder and spices. Also add to fat-sugar mixture and mix (stirring spoon)
4
Add the eggs, honey, Madeira and milk and mix well. Cover the dough and let it rest for 4-5 hours at room temperature. (In the summer, possibly in the refrigerator)
5
Grease 1 spring plate (approx. 30 cm Ø) and dust with flour. Put the dough into the tin, smooth it down and decorate with the whole candied fruits and walnut kernels. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: level 2) for 25-30 minutes. Then switch the baking temperature down to (electric oven: 150 °C/ convection oven: 125 °C/ gas: level 1) and bake for another 15-20 minutes. Let the cake cool down in the tin on a cake rack. Dust with icing sugar as desired
6
waiting time approx. 4 1/2 hours