Vickys Easter Simnel Cake, GF DF EF SF
Vickys Easter Simnel Cake, GF DF EF SF

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Bake this classic Easter simnel cake. Simnel cake was traditionally given by servant girls to their mothers when they returned home on Mothering Sunday and it's now become a classic Easter cake. Spoon the remaining cake mixture on top and level the surface.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have vickys easter simnel cake, gf df ef sf using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Vickys Easter Simnel Cake, GF DF EF SF:
  1. Make ready Almond Dough/Marzipan
  2. Get 300 grams ground almonds
  3. Take 300 grams icing/powdered sugar
  4. Get 2 lemons, zest and juice
  5. Make ready Fruit Cake
  6. Get 1 apple
  7. Get 125 ml sunflower oil
  8. Make ready 150 grams soft light brown sugar
  9. Make ready 75 ml water
  10. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
  11. Take 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  12. Take 1 tsp xanthan gum
  13. Make ready 1 tsp gluten free baking powder
  14. Make ready 175 grams gluten free flour
  15. Make ready 200 grams mixed fruit - raisins, currants, sultanas and quartered glacé cherries
  16. Prepare 100 grams mixed glacé peel
  17. Get 1 tbsp apricot jam

Place in the cake tin and smooth the surface. Just made this Simnel Cake and it came together beautifully. I added some almond essence to the batter as well as a little cinnamon allspice ginger and nutmeg. Simnel cake is a traditional Easter bake and in this recipe we show you how to make Simnel cake in a really easy and convenient way.

Steps to make Vickys Easter Simnel Cake, GF DF EF SF:
  1. Preheat the oven to gas 3 / 160C / 325°F and grease & line a deep 8" round springform cake tin
  2. Mix together the almonds, icing sugar, lemon juice and zest. Form into 2 balls, cover and set aside
  3. Grate the apple into a bowl, add the sugar and oil then beat vigorously. Add the water, nutmeg, cinnamon, xanthan gum and baking powder beating vigorously again, then mix in the flour, fruits and peel
  4. Spoon half the mixture into the cake tin. Take one ball of the almond paste, roll into a 9" circle and place it on top of the cake mixture. Spread the remaining cake mixture on top of the almond paste
  5. Bake for 1 & 1/2 - 3/4 hours. Let the cake cool then run a knife around the tin edges and turn it out onto a wire rack. Brush the top of the cold cake with the apricot jam. Take the second ball of almond paste and break off 11 marble sized pieces
  6. Roll out the remaining almond dough/marzipan into an 8" round using the springform tin base as a guide. Place the almond dough circle on top of the apricot jam. Press the 11 balls of almond dough in a circle around the top of the cake, moistening the base of each slightly with the leftover jam
  7. Put under the grill to slightly toast the top of the marzipan paste

Marzipan isn't just used to top the cake, the traditional fruit cake is given a burst of flavour by the hidden marzipan centre and the slightly toasted marzipan topping. The simnel cake is a classic cake for Easter appears sometime around the end of Lent. The cake signifies the end of Lent which is a period of fasting and repentance culminating in a feast of Divide the almond paste into three portions and take one portion and roll it into a round the size of the cake tin. The Simnel Cake recipe is similar to the traditional English Christmas Cake, but not as rich, with a layer of marzipan in the middle of the cake and covered with a second layer, without royal icing as well. If you prefer you can use ready-to-roll marzipan instead of making your own.

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