Or, whenever we were sad, she’d make us a warm madeira cake. This is a love letter to my childhood and how my mum shows she cares – and now I do this for my girls. Preheat the oven to 180C ...

Madeira cakes improve in flavour and texture after one or two days, and so can be made in advance and wrapped tightly in aluminium foil until needed. This cake also freezes well. Madeira cakes are ...