Madeira Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 eggs
5 oz. margarine
rind and juice of 1 lemon
5 oz. sugar
2 c. flour
pinch of salt
slice of citron peel

Preparation

Cream the sugar and margarine.
Add the eggs, flour and salt alternatively.
Fold in the rind and juice of lemon.
Put into a prepared 6 inch cake tin and bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 3/4 hours.
When cake has been in the oven for 20 minutes, take a slice of citron peel (making sure it is slightly warm) and place on top of cake. Bake for the remainder of the time.