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Recipe Easter Simnel Cake (Cake)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 1 cup margarine, softened
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 3/4 cups self-rising flour
- 1 1/3 cups golden raisins
- 1 cup dried currants
- 2/3 cup candied cherries - rinsed, dried and quartered
- 1/4 cup candied mixed fruit peel, chopped
- 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
- 2 teaspoons mixed spice
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- 1 pound almond paste
- 2 tablespoons apricot jam
- 1 egg, beaten
Preparing/Cooking:
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
- Grease and flour an 8 inch springform pan.
- Line the bottom and sides of pan with greased parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time.
- Beat in the flour.
- Stir in the golden raisins, currants, candied cherries, mixed fruit, lemon zest and mixed spice.
- Pour 1/2 of batter into prepared pan.
- Divide almond paste into 3 equal portions.
- Roll out 1/3 of the almond paste to an 8 inch circle.
- Place the circle of almond paste on the cake batter in pan.
- Cover with remaining cake batter.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 2 1/2 hours, or until evenly brown and firm to the touch.
- If the cake is browning too quickly, cover with foil after an hour of baking.
- Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
- Set oven to broil.
- When the cake has cooled, brush the top with warmed apricot jam.
- Roll out 1/3 of the almond paste into an 8 inch circle and place on top of cake.
- Divide the remaining 1/3 of almond paste into 11 pieces and roll into balls.
- These represent the 11 Apostles (excluding Judas.
- ) Brush the almond paste on top of cake with beaten egg.
- Arrange the 11 balls around the outside edge on the top of cake.
- Brush the balls lightly with egg.
- Place cake under the broiler for 8 to 10 minutes, or until almond paste is golden brown.
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