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Simnel cake is a traditional Easter fruitcake, packed with dried fruit and spices and topped with sweet marzipan. For the cake, cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs until well incorporated and then sift in the flour, salt and mixed spice (if using) a little at a time.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have vickys easter simnel cake, gf df ef sf using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Vickys Easter Simnel Cake, GF DF EF SF:

1. Make ready Almond Dough/Marzipan
2. Take 300 grams ground almonds
3. Prepare 300 grams icing/powdered sugar
4. Prepare 2 lemons, zest and juice
5. Make ready Fruit Cake
6. Get 1 apple
7. Prepare 125 ml sunflower oil
8. Prepare 150 grams soft light brown sugar
9. Take 75 ml water
10. Take 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
11. Prepare 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
12. Make ready 1 tsp xanthan gum
13. Make ready 1 tsp gluten free baking powder
14. Get 175 grams gluten free flour
15. Make ready 200 grams mixed fruit - raisins, currants, sultanas and quartered glacé cherries
16. Take 100 grams mixed glacé peel
17. Prepare 1 tbsp apricot jam

I added some almond essence to the batter as well as a little cinnamon allspice ginger and nutmeg. A simnel cake is a key part of Easter baking. This fruit cake is simple to make but will take a little time in the oven. In a large bowl, stir together flour, mixed spice and dried fruit.

Steps to make Vickys Easter Simnel Cake, GF DF EF SF:

1. Preheat the oven to gas 3 / 160C / 325°F and grease & line a deep 8" round springform cake tin
2. Mix together the almonds, icing sugar, lemon juice and zest. Form into 2 balls, cover and set aside
3. Grate the apple into a bowl, add the sugar and oil then beat vigorously. Add the water, nutmeg, cinnamon, xanthan gum and baking powder beating vigorously again, then mix in the flour, fruits and peel
4. Spoon half the mixture into the cake tin. Take one ball of the almond paste, roll into a 9" circle and place it on top of the cake mixture. Spread the remaining cake mixture on top of the almond paste
5. Bake for 1 & 1/2 - 3/4 hours. Let the cake cool then run a knife around the tin edges and turn it out onto a wire rack. Brush the top of the cold cake with the apricot jam. Take the second ball of almond paste and break off 11 marble sized pieces
6. Roll out the remaining almond dough/marzipan into an 8" round using the springform tin base as a guide. Place the almond dough circle on top of the apricot jam. Press the 11 balls of almond dough in a circle around the top of the cake, moistening the base of each slightly with the leftover jam
7. Put under the grill to slightly toast the top of the marzipan paste

Serve with Simnel cake at Easter and goes well with Christmas pudding if you're not a brandy sauce lover. I sometimes add chopped pistachio nuts for extra colour if serving on it's own. Recipe: Perfect Peanut butter ice cream with banana caramel cake. Bake this classic Easter simnel cake. Wrap any offcuts and the remaining two-thirds of marzipan and set aside for later.

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