Chocolate orange Simnel cake with pistachio marzipan | Sainsbury`s Magazine

Chocolate orange Simnel cake with pistachio marzipan | Sainsbury`s Magazine

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Chocolate orange Simnel cake with pistachio marzipan

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Ingredients

  • 400g mixed dried fruits (sultanas, raisins and currants)
  • 50g cut mixed peel
  • 125g natural coloured glacé cherries, quartered
  • finely grated zest and juice of 1 orange
  • 225g self-raising flour
  • 50g cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp mixed spice
  • 200g soft butter
  • 225g light muscovado sugar
  • 4 medium free-range eggs
  • 100g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), chopped
  • 3 tbsp whole milk
  • 1-2 tbsp shredless marmalade, warmed
  • 11 mini eggs, and a 72cm length of wide ribbon, to decorate
  • 400g pistachio kernels
  • 300g sifted icing sugar
  • 1-2 medium free-range egg whites

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