Simnel Cake A Traditional English Mothers Day Cake
From tippystclair 17 years ago
- 105 minutes to make
- Serves 12
An iced fruit-type cake for Mother's Day in England. It takes a while to make, but it's very beautiful when completed.
Ingredients
- 9oz/250g plain flour shopping list
- Pinch of salt shopping list
- 1 tsp grated nutmeg shopping list
- 1 tps ground cinnamon shopping list
- Rind of 1 lemon, grated shopping list
- 2oz/50g glace cherries shopping list
- 2oz/50g chopped dried citrus peel shopping list
- 6oz/175g golden raisins shopping list
- 6oz/175g plain raisins shopping list
- 4 1/2oz/125g currants shopping list
- 6oz/175g butter shopping list
- 60z/175 golden caster sugar or finely ground demerrara sugar shopping list
- 3 eggs, beaten shopping list
- 2Tbsp milk shopping list
- 18oz/500g almond paste (marzipan) shopping list
- 1Tbsp apricot jam shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven 350F/170C/150C fan/ Gas Mark 3
- Grease and line the base and sides of a 8inch/20cm round deep cake pan.
- Mix flour, salt, spices, grated lemon rind, cherries and dried fruit in a large bowl.
- In another bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
- Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture until evenly mixed, then add the milk to lighten the mixture a little.
- Pour half the batter into the prepared tin.
- Dust the worktop with icing sugar and roll out 7oz/200g of the marzipan into a 7 3/4 / 19cm circle. Place on top of the batter in the pan, then top with the rest of the batter.
- Level the top and place into the center of the oven for 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours until golden and firm to the touch.
- Cool completely, then turn out of the cake pan and remove the paper.
- To decorate, roll out an 8 inch circle of marzipan and 12 small balls of marzipan,
- Brush the top of the cake with the apricot jam and place the circle on top, crimping the edges with your finger and thumb. Arrrange the small balls on top.
- You may grill the top until it is a golden color, or leave white.
- If you wish you can use a 20 oz bag of luxury mixed dried fruit instead of buying separate bags of dried fruit so you won't have any leftovers.
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I have to agree with Julie,Absolutely wonderful!!
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