A Traditional English Battenberg Cake Recipe

A Traditional English Battenberg Cake Recipe

A cake that is so great when you cut into it with it’s two tone cake in delicate squares , a really great cake to make that I am sure you will love to make and you won’t be disappointed with the results , here below is a list of the ingredients you will need from the website

For almond sponge

  • 175g very soft butter
  • 175g golden caster sugar
  • 140g self-raising flour
  • 50g ground almonds
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 3 medium eggs
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • ¼ tsp almond extract

For pink sponge

  • 1 x ingredients for almond sponge
  • pink food colouring, we used ½ tsp Squires rose food paste

To assemble

  • 200g apricot jam
  • 2 x 500g blocks white marzipan
  • little icing sugar, for dusting

To see the full recipe check out this on the bbcgoodfood  website use the next page link below

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Originally posted 2015-06-18 11:03:34.

Afternoon Baking With Grandma