Irish Battenburg Cake from Real Irish Food by David Bowers

Irish Battenburg Cake from Real Irish Food by David Bowers

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This checkered cake was invented during the Victorian era to celebrate the wedding of one of Queen Victoria’s granddaughters to a German prince—not exactly an auspicious start for a cake widely...

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Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • Confectioners’ sugar for sprinkling
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 7-ounce tube marzipan
  • Red and yellow food coloring
  • ½ cup(1 stick) butter, softened ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup apricot jam
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • Green food coloring
  • 2 tablespoons milk

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