Simnel Cake Recipe
The traditional simnel cake is a delightful Easter treat with a rich history dating back to Medieval times. With its layers of marzipan and spiced fruit cake, it's the perfect centrepiece for an Easter celebration.
Ingredients
- Mixed dried fruit such as sultanas, currants, raisins and candied peel
- Butter
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Flour
- Ground almonds
- Baking powder
- Mixed spice
- Vanilla extract
- Glace cherries
- Marzipan
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, blend together ground almonds, icing sugar, corn syrup, and almond extract to make the marzipan mixture.
- Divide the marzipan into three portions - one for the center of the cake (to be rolled into a 9-inch circle) and two for the topping.
- Cream together butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy.
- Gradually add eggs, flour, baking powder, mixed spice, and vanilla extract to the creamed mixture.
- Fold in dried fruits such as sultanas, currants, raisins, and candied peel into the batter.
- Preheat your oven to the specified temperature and prepare a cake tin.
- Pour the cake batter into the tin, placing the circular marzipan layer in the center of the batter.
- Bake the cake in the preheated oven until golden brown and a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- After the cake has cooled, roll the remaining marzipan into 11 small balls and place them on top of the cake to represent the 11 faithful apostles.
- Your Simnel Cake is now ready to be enjoyed as a traditional Easter treat!