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I was watching a video on finches and this guy was give his finches Madeira Cake!
What is in the cake that is good for the finches.

I copied this from Wikipedia. I don't see anything in the cake that would be especially nutritious for finches. Perhaps they mix in something else, like we do in the U.S. with cornbread, adding extra eggs and various veggies to make egg bread.

"Madeira cake is a sponge cake in traditional English cookery.

The cake has a firm yet light texture. It is eaten with tea or (occasionally) for breakfast and is traditionally flavoured with lemon.[1] Dating back to an original recipe in the 18th or 19th century,[2][3] Madeira cake is similar to a pound cake or yellow cake.[4][5] One of the earliest published recipes was by Eliza Acton in her Modern Cookery for Private Families (1845):[6]

"A Good Madeira Cake: Whisk four fresh eggs until they are as light as possible, then, continuing still to whisk them, throw by slow degrees the following ingredients in the order in which they are written: six ounces of dry pounded and sifted sugar; six of flour, also dried and sifted; four ounces of butter just dissolved, but not heated; the rind of a fresh lemon; and the instant before the cake is moulded beat well in the third of a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda: bake an hour in a moderate oven."

It is sometimes mistakenly thought to originate from the Madeira Islands; however, that is not the case as it was instead named after Madeira wine, a Portuguese wine from the islands, which was popular in England at the time and was often served with the cake.[2][7][8][9] The confusion arises because Madeirans produce their own traditional Madeira cake, a dark, spicy, honey cake which is very different to its English counterpart.[10][11][12] Nowadays, it is often served with tea or liqueurs.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira_cake

I would say no.... too much sugar, it can cause yeast. The butter alone, way too much fat. Want something really good try some of the Goldenfeast products, mine all love the Australian Blend.

or chit/sprout seed... much healthier

I believe a member used to feed something like that to her birds... mayble maybe? She was from Australia. Lovezebs might remember who it was. She had the two aviaries outdoors with like a pair of everything. Might have been bread soaked in milk though...I just can't remember...