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Easter Simnel cake

Easter Simnel cake

A colourful twist on the classic, Paul Hollywood's recipe is topped with little chocolate eggs instead of marzipan balls.

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  • Serves8
  • CourseCake
  • Prepare20 mins
  • Cook2 hrs
  • Total time2 hrs 20 mins

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Ingredients

  • 300g marzipan
  • 175g butter, softened
  • 175g caster sugar
  • 3 Waitrose British Blacktail Eggs
  • 175g essential Waitrose plain flour
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 Finely grated zest of orange
  • 1 Finely grated zest of lemon
  • 175g essential Waitrose Sultanas
  • 75g essential Waitrose currants
  • 75g Homebaking glace cherries, quartered
  • 2 tbsp Apricot jam (approx. 1-2 tbsp)
  • 100g box Waitrose cream truffle mini eggs

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 150C, gas mark 2. Line the base and sides of a 15cm round, deep loose bottom cake tin with baking parchment. Roll out half the marzipan to 5mm thick and cut a circle that will just fit inside the tin. Set aside.

  2. Place the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, cinnamon, orange and lemon zest together in a large mixing bowl. Using an electric hand held whisk, beat until all the ingredients are thoroughly blended. Stir in the sultanas, currants and glace cherries.

  3. Put half the mixture into the prepared tin and level the surface. Lay the marzipan circle over the mixture. Spoon the remaining cake mixture on top and level the surface.

  4. Bake for about 2-2 ¼ hours, until the cake is firm to the touch and well risen. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

  5. When the cake is cool, gently warm the apricot jam with a little water. Trim the top of the cake so the surface is level. Brush with the apricot jam. Roll out the remaining marzipan and cut a circle to fit the top of the cake. Press firmly. Dip 11 of the eggs in a little jam and place evenly around the edge of the cake.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy

2,931kJ/ 698kcals

Fat

26g

Saturated Fat

13g

Carbohydrates

106g

Sugars

85g

Fibre

4g

Protein

9g

Salt

2g

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