Simnel cake | Fast Ed

Simnel cake | Fast Ed

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Simnel cake is a traditional English Easter treat baked to be served on the middle Sunday of Lent, a day when Protestant Christians were allowed a break from their forty days of fasting. The cake...

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Ingredients

  • 300g raisins
  • 200g currants
  • 1 cups brandy
  • 300g unsalted butter
  • 200g dark brown sugar
  • 180g caster sugar
  • finely-grated zest of 4 oranges
  • 1 Tbsp mixed spice
  • 1 tsp freshly-grated nutmeg
  • 6 eggs
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 300g almond meal
  • 300g plain flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 Tbsp molasses
  • 150g red glacé cherries
  • 100g blanched almonds, toasted and chopped
  • 1½ cups apricot jam
  • 650g marzipan

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