Simnel Cake | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Simnel Cake | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

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I make this a very light fruit cake, totally different in taste and texture from the damp, dark offerings of Christmas.

Keywords

  • Sweet
  • Easter
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Ingredients

  • 100 grams glace cherries
  • 500 grams mixed dried fruit
  • 175 grams soft unsalted butter
  • 175 grams caster sugar
  • zest of 1 unwaxed lemon
  • 225 grams plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 25 grams ground almonds
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 kilogram yellow marzipan to decorate
  • icing sugar for rolling
  • 1 tablespoon apricot jam (melted)
  • 1 egg white (optional)

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