Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, simnel cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Simnel Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Simnel Cake is something that I have loved my whole life.
Originally, this cake was made for Mothering Sunday, but it has for a long, long time been an essential Easter confection, the marzipan balls on top representing the apostles: eleven in total as, for understandable reasons, Judas is persona non grata. Just made this Simnel Cake and it came together beautifully. I added some almond essence to the batter as well as a little cinnamon allspice ginger and nutmeg. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must 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)
- Get 150 g Plain Flour
- Prepare 120 g Ground Almonds
- Prepare 1 tsp Baking Powder
- Take 180 g Soft Brown Sugar
- Take 1 Lemon, Juiced and Zested
- Prepare 1 Orange, Zested and Juiced
- Make ready 4 Eggs (+1 for egg wash)
- Make ready 1 Tsp Nutmeg
- Make ready 1 Tsp Cinnamon
- Get 1 Tsp Ground Ginger
- Get 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- Make ready 2 Tbsp Marmalaide
- Take 500 g Marzipan
- Take 250 g Mixed dried fruit
Spoon batter into the prepared pan. Simnel cake is a traditional Easter fruitcake, packed with dried fruit and spices and topped with sweet marzipan. Simnel cake is a light fruitcake, generally made from these ingredients: white flour, sugar, butter, eggs, fragrant spices, dried fruits, zest and candied peel. Sometimes orange flower water or brandy is used, either in the cake batter or to flavour the almond paste.
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!
- Ready to serve and ENJOY!
Simnel cake is a light fruitcake, generally made from these ingredients: white flour, sugar, butter, eggs, fragrant spices, dried fruits, zest and candied peel. Sometimes orange flower water or brandy is used, either in the cake batter or to flavour the almond paste. In most modern versions marzipan or almond paste is used as a filling for the. Put the sultanas, currants and mixed peel in a bowl with the lemon juice, orange juice, and brandy, if using. Mix well, cover and leave to soak overnight.
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