A few weeks before the birthday party I did a practice run of the cake to get to grips with using fondant icing and the recipe I’d tried out – MaryBerry’s Madeira Cake – went down so well with everyone there was no question that I’d be using it for the real thing
From the terrifyingly qualified and exacting Cherish Finden, whose jawdropping creations are miniature works of art, to the homeliness and failsafe recipe of the Queen of baking, MaryBerry, Lorraine Pascale's straightforward, yet impressive approach often offering a "lighter" version of classic bakes, to the truly gifted amateurs who have stepped out of their kitchens and into the spotlight that is (was
Corina based this recipe on a MaryBerry’s recipe in the Baking Bible in the Baking for Children chapter, but used different quantities of ingredients and different types of sugar and flour
