Simnel Cake
Simnel Cake is a traditional Easter Cake. It's all home made...including the marzipan! It will keep for a few days and is great for sharing ...or for keeping all to yourself!
Ingredients
- 175g butter
- 175g dark brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 50ml milk
- 175g self raising flour
- 2 tsp mixed spice
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 100g glace cherries chopped
- 400g mixed fruit or sultanas
- 50ml brandy
Marzipan:
- 175g caster sugar
- 300g icing sugar
- 450g ground almonds
- 2 eggs
- Squeeze of lemon
Method
Pre-heat the oven to 160c.
Grease and line a 28cm cake tin.
Beat the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy, add the eggs brandy and milk and mix, then fold in the flour, spices and fruit until well mixed. Fold into the wet mix.
Bake for 1 ¼ to 1 ½ hours until golden brown and firm in the middle, cool.
Place all the ingredients together and mix together. Do not over mix as the marzipan will become greasy, roll out on icing sugar and use to decorate the cake. Blow torch the top to colour.
Ingredients
- 175g butter
- 175g dark brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 50ml milk
- 175g self raising flour
- 2 tsp mixed spice
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 100g glace cherries chopped
- 400g mixed fruit or sultanas
- 50ml brandy
Marzipan:
- 175g caster sugar
- 300g icing sugar
- 450g ground almonds
- 2 eggs
- Squeeze of lemon
Method
Pre-heat the oven to 160c.
Grease and line a 28cm cake tin.
Beat the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy, add the eggs brandy and milk and mix, then fold in the flour, spices and fruit until well mixed. Fold into the wet mix.
Bake for 1 ¼ to 1 ½ hours until golden brown and firm in the middle, cool.
Place all the ingredients together and mix together. Do not over mix as the marzipan will become greasy, roll out on icing sugar and use to decorate the cake. Blow torch the top to colour.
