Battenberg Cake recipe - The Great British Bake Off

Battenberg Cake recipe - The Great British Bake Off

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A step up from the free-and-easy Double Marble Cake, the Battenberg uses colouring in a more precise way to make a pretty cake that looks impressive.

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Ingredients

  • 125g unsalted butter, softened
  • 125g caster sugar
  • 2 medium eggs, at room temperature
  • 2 drops almond extract
  • 100g self-raising flour
  • good pinch of salt
  • 50g ground almonds
  • 2 tsp milk
  • a few drops pink or red food colouring
  • icing sugar or cornflour, for dusting
  • 350g white marzipan
  • 8 tbsp apricot jam

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