Easter Simnel Cake

Name: Easter Simnel Cake
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 225 grams sultanas; 100 grams currants; 50 grams mixed peel; 1 juice of lemon (optional; 225 grams soft butter; 225 grams light muscovado sugar; 4 eggs; 225 grams self-raising flour; 100 grams glace cherries, rinsed in hot water, dried and quartered; 2 grated rind of lemons; 2 teaspoons mixed spice; 450 grams best quality marzipan; 2 Tbsps apricot jam; 1 egg beaten, to glaze

Easter Simnel Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 1. This recipe covers 82% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 121g of protein, 329g of fat, and a total of 7355 calories. If you have best quality marzipan, apricot jam, spice, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Easter. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Two days before you intend to make the cake place the sultanas, currants and mixed peel in a bowl with the lemon juice, brandy and orange juice, mixing it well and leaving to one side for the fruit to soak up the liquid. This will produce a much moister cake when baked, but can be omitted.

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Orange Juice

Lemon Juice

Candied Orange Peel

Currants

Golden Raisins

Brandy

Fruit

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Bowl

Pre-heat the oven to 150C/Gas

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Oven

Line the base and sides of a 20cm deep round tin with silicone paper.

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Base

Measure the rest of the cake ingredients in with the fruit and beat well until thoroughly mixed. Put half of this mixture in the bottom of the cake tin and level it off so that it is as flat as possible. Divide the marzipan into three equal parts and roll out one piece into a circle 20cm diameter, and put it on the top of the cake mixture. Gently spoon on the rest of the mixture, levelling the surface again.

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Marzipan

Fruit

Roll

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Cake Form

Bake for approximately 2 hours until brown, well risen and firm to touch. Allow to cool for 15 mins and then turn out to cool on a wire rack.

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Oven

When the cake is cool, warm up the apricot jam in a small saucepan and brush the top of the cake with it.

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Apricot Jam

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Sauce Pan

Roll out half of the remaining marzipan to the size of the top of the cake. Press it down firmly and push the edges down with your thumb to crimp it round the sides.

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Marzipan

Roll

Roll the rest of the marzipan into eleven balls to represent the Apostles, without Judas.

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Marzipan

Roll

Brush the top of the marzipan with the beaten egg and place the balls evenly around the outside, brushing the tops of the balls as well.

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Marzipan

Egg

Place the whole cake under a hot grill until the marzipan turns a light golden colour.

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Marzipan

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Grill

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Servings:

juice of lemon (optional 225grams

soft butter 225grams

light muscovado sugar 4

eggs 225grams

self-raising flour 100grams

glace cherries, rinsed in hot water, dried and quartered 2

grated rind of lemons 2teaspoons

mixed spice 450grams

best quality marzipan 2Tbsps

apricot jam 1

egg beaten, to glaze

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Moscato Dasti, Port

Cream Sherry, Moscato d'Asti, and Port are my top picks for Cake. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. You could try NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry. Reviewers quite like it with a 5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 19 dollars per bottle.