Simnel Cake

Name: Simnel Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 175g butter, softened; 175g brown sugar; 3 eggs; 175g self-raising flour; 1 tsp mixed spice; 1 tsp cinnamon; 300g mixed dried fruit; 100g glacé cherries, halved; 500g marzipan; 2 tbsp apricot jam, warmed

A traditional British Easter cake layered with dried fruit and a hidden band of marzipan through the middle. Rolling a third of the marzipan to sit inside the batter before baking is what creates that signature layer running through the centre of the finished cake.

Total time

150 min

Prep

30 min

Cook

120 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

175gbutter, softened

175gbrown sugar

3eggs

175gself-raising flour

1 tspmixed spice

1 tspcinnamon

300gmixed dried fruit

100gglacé cherries, halved

500gmarzipan

2 tbspapricot jam, warmed

Instructions

Beat butter and sugar. Beat in eggs.

Fold in flour, spices, dried fruit and cherries.

Roll 1/3 of marzipan to fit tin. Layer cake mixture, marzipan, more cake mixture.

Bake at 160°C for 1.5-2 hours. Cool.

Brush top with jam. Cover with remaining marzipan. Toast.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

933

Protein

11.6g

Fat

40g

Carbs

137.9g

Fiber

6.3g

Sodium

340mg

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