How do you make mary berry battenburg cake recipe

battenburg cake recipe

Basic Ingredients for battenburg cake recipe

  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup (125g) All-Purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons (30ml) milk
  • 1 tablespoon (15g) sugar
  • 2 tablespoons (30ml) milk
  • 3/4 cup (180g) apricot dip
  • 1cup (120g) Powdered-sugar
  • 4 tablespoons (60g) apricot dip
  • 1 tsp (5g) almond extract

How to make battenburg cake recipe

  • Preheat the oven to 350F (180C). Grease along with an 8 inch (20cm) square pan with parchment paper, either dividing the pan in half employing an aluminum wall.
  • At a medium bowl blend flour with vanilla flour, baking soda, and salt.
  • In a big bowl mix butter with sugar until creamy. Add eggs one at any given time, and mix to incorporate.
  • Slowly add flour mixture and milk and mix to mix.
  • Divide batter in half an hour.
  • For that almond batter incorporate almond extract.
  • For the chocolate batter mixture cocoa powder, milk, and sugar in a small bowl and add at the spouse of batter.
  • Pour every batter into half the pan.
  • Bake for approximately 30-35 minutes until a toothpick put into the middle of the cake comes out blank.
  • Remove from oven, cool for five minutes in the pan, and then cool completely on a cooling rack.
  • Meanwhile hot the apricot dip, sieve, and allow cool.
  • When cakes are fully chilled place cut on the tops to sew, then place one on top of one flip and trim into the identical measurement.
  • Cut each in half-length ways.
  • Put a strip of chocolate cake on a surface, brush the top and sides together with apricot jam, and put a vanilla cake next to it. Repeat with the additional pieces of cake on top. Make sure that you brush with apricot jam.
  • Prepare the almond paste. Put the almond milk (ground almonds), powdered sugar, and cocoa powder into the bowl of the food processor. Grind to blend. Insert apricot jam and almond infusion and keep grinding until it comes with them. Knead a bit to both hands ahead together.
  • After this, Use a rolling pin to roll the almond paste between 2 sheets of parchment paper, into a thin layer.
  • Slice the almond paste into an 8 x 12 inch (20x30cm) rectangle.
  • Tightly wrap the cake from almond paste (marzipan).
  • Trim the ends and simmer till prepared to function.

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