Hello, I am Marie. Today, we’re going to prepare simnel cake recipe. Never miss today’s recipe. This is a very simple recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tastier. This will be really delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.
Simnel Cake Recipe
Simnel Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Simnel Cake is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To be with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook simnel cake using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Simnel Cake:
- Take 250 g Butter (room temperature)
- Make ready 150 g Plain Flour
- Prepare 120 g Ground Almonds
- Make ready 1 tsp Baking Powder
- Take 180 g Soft Brown Sugar
- Prepare 1 Lemon, Juiced and Zested
- Take 1 Orange, Zested and Juiced
- Make ready 4 Eggs (+1 for egg wash)
- Prepare 1 Tsp Nutmeg
- Make ready 1 Tsp Cinnamon
- Prepare 1 Tsp Ground ger
- Make ready 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- Prepare 2 Tbsp Marmalaide
- Make ready 500 g Marzipan
- Make ready 250 g Mixed dried fruit
Steps to make Simnel Cake:
- In a small saucepan add the dried fruit with the lemon and orange juice and zest. Add a few tablespoons of water and simmer until the fruit has expanded and all the liquid is absorbed. Keep on a very low heat to avoid the fruit burning. Leave aside to cool.
- Heat the oven to gas mark 3 or 165 degrees. Cream the butter and sugar together until it is pale. Crack in the eggs, spices and vanilla essence.
- Fold in the almonds and sieve the flour and baking powder into the batter. Mix until fully combined and fold in the dried fruit.
- Roll out the marzipan on a surface dusted with icing sugar until about the with with of a coin. Take a 20cm cake tin and use the base to cut out a circle of marzipan. Keep the rest of the marzipan for later.
- Grease and line the cake tin. Fill out halfway with the batter, then add the disk of marzipan. Add the rest of the batter over the top of it and smooth out with the back of a spoon.
- Bake in the oven for 2 hours. The cake should be done when you pierce with a skewer and it comes out clean. Remove from the cake pan and leave to cool.
- Roll out the rest of the marzipan and cut into a circle using the base of the cake pan. Brush the top of the cake with marmalade and place the marzipan disk on top. Using scissors trim the marzipan to fit the cake. Ball up the remaining marzipan and cut into equal-sized pieces. Roll each piece into a ball.
- Beat the remaining egg and brush it on the marzipan. Place the balls equally on the cake and brush with the egg. Place the cake under the grill for a couple of minutes- keep an eye on it as it can catch quickly!
- Brush with some more of the marmalade and enjoy!
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