Easter Simnel Cake | Cherrypick · Cherrypick

Easter Simnel Cake | Cherrypick · Cherrypick

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Bake this classic Easter simnel cake. Top with 11 balls of marzipan – said to represent 11 of Jesus’s disciples, leaving off Judas – or with spring flowers

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Ingredients

  • 250g Mixed Dried Fruit, a mixture of sultanas, currants, raisins and candied mixed peel
  • 5 Eggs, 1 reserved and beaten for the glaze
  • 450g Marzipan
  • 175g Plain Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 2 tsp Mixed Spice
  • 3 tbsp Apricot Jam
  • 100g Glacé Cherries, halved
  • 100g Ground Almonds
  • 1 Orange, zested and juiced
  • 250g pack Butter, softened
  • 200g Light Brown Soft Sugar
  • 1 Lemon, zested

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