Simnel Cake!
A classic easter bake, Simnel Cake. Full of fruit and flavour, with marzipan on top and inside... delicious!
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Servings: 12 slices
Ingredients
- 75 g raisins
- 75 g sultanas
- 75 g currants
- 50 g mixed peel
- 100 g glacé cherries (halved)
- Zest of 1 orange
- Juice of 1 orange
- 225 g unsalted butter
- 225 g light brown soft sugar
- 3 medium eggs (plus extra)
- 150 g plain flour
- 150 g ground almonds
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2-3 tbsp apricot jam
- 500 g marzipan
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 150ºc/130ºc fan and double line a deep 8” cake tin
- Cut out a circle of marzipan that matches the size of cake tin (8"), using about 1/3 of the marzipan
- Add the raisins, sultanas, currant, mixed peel, glace cherries, orange zest and orange juice to a bowl and 50ml of water
- Microwave for 2 minutes on high, or heat in a pan for 10 minutes
- Add the butter and sugar to a bowl and beat together
- Add the eggs, flour, ground almonds, baking powder, mixed spice, ginger, and cinnamon and mix
- Add the soaked fruit and mix in
- Add half of the cake mix to a pan, add the circle of marzipan, and pour the rest of the cake mix on top
- Bake for 2 hours, until a skewer inserted comes out clean and cool fully
- Brush the top of the cake with the apricot jam
- Add another circle of marzipan using another third of marzipan and roll the rest into 11 balls and add around the edge of the cake
- Brush the top with a little egg wash and grill in the oven for 1-2 minutes to golden