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Simnel Cake | Recipe | Simnel cake, Fruit cake, Easter baking recipes
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Simnel Cake

· Vegetarian
Originally, this cake was made for Mothering Sunday, but it has for a long, long time been an essential Easter confection, the marzipan balls on top representing the apostles: eleven in total as, for understandable reasons, Judas is persona non grata. I make this a very light fruit cake, totally different in taste and texture from the damp, dark offerings of Christmas.
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Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

Produce
• 500 g Dried fruit, mixed
• 1/4 tsp Ginger, ground
• 100 g Glace cherries
• 1 Unwaxed lemon, zest of
Refrigerated
• 1 Egg white
• 3 Eggs, large
Condiments
• 1 tbsp Apricot jam
Baking & Spices
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 175 g Caster sugar
• 1/2 tsp Cinnamon, ground
• 1 Icing sugar
• 225 g Plain flour
Nuts & Seeds
• 25 g Almonds, ground
Dairy
• 175 g Butter, soft unsalted
• 2 tbsp Milk
Desserts
• 1 kg Marzipan to decorate, yellow

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