Battenberg Cake

Name: Battenberg Cake
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 225g butter; 225g sugar; 225g flour; 500g marzipan

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About this dish

A distinctive pink and yellow checkered sponge cake wrapped in marzipan.

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Ingredients

🧈225g butter

🍬225g sugar

🌾225g flour

🟡500g marzipan

Method

Serves 2

Make a basic sponge batter, dividing it in half and coloring one half pink.

Bake the two colors separately in rectangular pans.

Cut each sponge into two long strips.

Assemble the strips checkerboard-style, gluing with jam.

Wrap the assembled cake tightly in a sheet of marzipan and trim to shape.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Battenberg cake is a traditional British sponge cake, recognizable by its checkered pattern when sliced.

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