Did I ever tell you that the Hubs and I share a birthday?
Did I ever tell you the little story of when we met years ago, one of the great big questions he asked me was when my birthday was, I told him and then he said "me too" !
Now for some reason, instead of thinking wow this is cool, we have the same birthday, I thought, wow, he is being creepy, why is he pretending to have the same birthday as me, lol
It has been a long standing joke with us, but really it's kind of nice having a birthday with him, I mean no-one can ever forget the others, so there is plus right there
So it was our birthdays this past weekend, and I made Mr Tartan Tastes a cake we cannot find here in Texas, but one that he loves and misses from home
the Battenburg Cake
A battenburg is a rectangle cake made of two colours (pink and yellow cake) and placed like a checked pattern, covered in marzipan
It looks fancy but it is actually quite simple to make
You will need
175g/6oz Butter
175g/6oz Fine Sugar
3 Eggs
175g/6oz Self-raising flour
grated rind of 1 lemon
some drops of red food colour
2 tablespoons of lemon curd (or apricot preserves)
450g/1lb Marzipan
sugar for sprinkling
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battenburg ingredients |
- Grease a 8" square cake tin and divide down the middle with parchment/grease proof paper
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square cake tin |
- Cream the sugar and butter together in a bowl until fluffy
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butter and suagr |
- Gradually beat in the eggs
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add the eggs |
- Add the flour and fold in until well mixed
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cake batter |
- Split the mixture equally into two bowls
- In one, add the lemon rind, in the other add the red food colour until it turns pink
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yellow and pink cake |
- Put mixtures separately into the two halves of the tin, bake for 35-40 minutes until risen and done
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two cakes one pan |
- Leave on a wire rack to cool
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yellow and pink cake |
- Trim and cut into 4 long strips, 2 of each cake
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cake strips |
- using the Lemon curd or apricot preserves, sandwich the pieces together alternating the cake in two layers
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battenburg |
- roll out the marzipan into a thin layer big enough to cover the cake on all 6 sides
- Cover the outer sides with Lemon curd and wrap the marzipan around, pinching the edges together
- Sprinkle the top with sugar
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battenburg cake |
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battenburg cake |
This cake is light and fluffy and tastes so delish with the almond flavor of the marzipan, go on give it a try
Angela
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