Battenberg Cake Recipe

Battenberg Cake Recipe

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If you've never made a Battenberg cake before then this is just right for you. Simple-to-follow recipe makes light work of a technical bake

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Cooking tools:

  • Cake pan
  • Rolling pin
  • Cooling rack
  • Microplane
  • Citrus press
  • Kitchen scale
  • Oven
  • Mixing bowl
  • Whisk
  • Spoon
  • Chef's knife
  • Measuring spoon
  • Aluminum foil
  • Parchment paper
  • Plate

Ingredients

  • 150g self-raising flour
  • 150g golden caster sugar
  • 150g salted butter softened plus extra for the tin
  • 3 at room temperature eggs beaten
  • ½ heaped tsp baking powder
  • 2 unwaxed lemons zested
  • 2 oranges zested
  • orange food colouring gel
  • yellow food colouring gel
  • 70g salted butter softened
  • 180g icing sugar plus extra for dusting
  • 3 sprigs thyme leaves stripped and finely chopped
  • 1 unwaxed lemon ½ zested and 1½ tsp of juice
  • 1 orange zested and 1½ tsp of juice
  • 300g white marzipan

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