This delicious simnel cake is the perfect bake with which to celebrate Easter. Rich, fruity and spiced with a layer of gooey marzipan in its centre, and eleven balls of marzipan on top represent the disciples of Jesus, minus Judas. This version also has a marzipan ‘nest’ with tiny chocolate eggs snuggled at the centre.
This is the very first simnel cake I have made, and I chose Mary Berry’s classic recipe to follow, adapted very slightly by using a smaller cake tin, to give a taller bake. I also made a batch of her hot cross buns, also intending to write a post on those, but they were all devoured the very morning they were made! There is little that can beat the aroma of hot cross buns toasting in the oven. Smothered in butter with a cup of hot coffee, they are a gorgeous treat at Easter.
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