Bakingchallenging110 minServes 10est. £1.07/servingBritish

Battenberg Cake

Name: Battenberg Cake
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 350g butter; 350g caster sugar; 280g self-raising flour; 100g ground almonds; 1tsp baking powder; 6 egg; 1tsp vanilla extract; 0.5tsp almond extract; 200g apricot jam; 1000g marzipan

A quintessentially British tea-time classic — two almond sponges, one plain and one pink, assembled in a chequerboard pattern and wrapped in apricot jam and marzipan. Demanding but worth it.

10 servings

£1.07 / serving - est.

Costs are estimated average UK prices and may vary.

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butter

350 g

30pest.

caster sugar

350 g

10pest.

self-raising flour

280 g

8pest.

ground almonds

100 g

£1.20est.

baking powder

1 tsp

30pest.

egg

20pest.

vanilla extract

1 tsp

£3.00est.

almond extract

0.5 tsp

£3.00est.

pink food colouring

to taste

20pest.

apricot jam

200 g

20pest.

marzipan

1000 g

60pest.

icing sugar

to taste

12pest.