Simnel Cake | Easter Cake Recipe | Jamie Oliver

Simnel Cake | Easter Cake Recipe | Jamie Oliver

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This traditional Easter cake recipe is a great one to make with kids – they’ll love rolling out the marzipan, but leave any blow-torching to the grown-ups!

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Ingredients

  • 175g butter
  • 175g soft light brown sugar
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 orange
  • 175g flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 50g ground almonds
  • ½ tsp each ground cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 150g raisins
  • 100g currants or sultanas
  • 100g glacé cherries, sour cherries or dried cranberries
  • 100g mixed peel
  • 3 tbsp apricot jam
  • icing sugar, for dusting
  • 350g golden marzipan
  • cinnamon, for dusting (optional)

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