British Simnel Cakes

A British simnel cake is a lightly spiced fruit cake with a delicious marzipan icing, a great dessert to serve up at Easter.

The ingredient of British Simnel Cakes

• 125g butter chopped room temperature
• 1 2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon golden syrup
• 1 egg plus 1 egg yolk extra
• 1 4 cup orange juice
• 2 cups self raising flour
• 1 teaspoon mixed spice
• 2 1 3 cups mixed dried fruit
• 2 tablespoons apricot jam warmed
• 2 2 3 cups icing sugar mixture sifted
• 3 4 cup almond meal
• 2 tablespoons brandy
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

The Instruction of british simnel cakes

• preheat oven to 180c 160c fan forced grease a 12 hole muffin pan line bases and sides with baking paper
• for the icing combine all ingredients turn onto clean surface and knead gently wrap in plastic wrap set aside
• beat butter sugar and syrup together until pale and creamy add egg yolk and juice beat well sift flour and spice together and fold through mixture with fruit
• spoon into muffin pan recesses until half full smooth top roll out 1 3 of icing on a surface dusted with icing sugar until 3mm thick
• using a 6cm cutter cut 12 circles from icing place on fruit mixture in recesses cover circles with remaining fruit mixture
• bake for 10 minutes reduce oven to 150c bake for a further 15 20 minutes until cooked when tested cool in pan
• turn cakes onto a clean surface brush tops with warm jam roll out remaining icing until 3mm thick using a 7cm cutter cut out another 12 circles place on top of cakes and smooth with the palm of your hand
• roll remaining icing mixture into balls arrange on top of cakes decorate with ribbon

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