Easy Simnel Cake Recipe (Easter Fruitcake)
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4.6
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Excellent
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Prep Time
1 hr 15 mins
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Cook Time
1 hr 15 mins
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Servings
14 people
Easy Simnel Cake Recipe (Easter Fruitcake)
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Make this easy Simnel Cake Recipe and celebrate Easter with a sweet, nutty, and boozy Irish and British classic Easter fruitcake!
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Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups (8¾ oz/248 g) mixed dried fruit such as raisins, diced apricots and currants)
- ¾ cup (3¾ oz/106 g) glace cherries*, halved
- 3 tablespoons brandy
- Zest and juice from 1 medium orange
- Zest and Juice from 1 lemon
- 500 g (about 2 ¼ cups/18 oz) marzipan
- granulated sugar for rolling out marzipan
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (9 oz/255 g) butter, softened
- ⅔ cup (4 oz/115 g) dark brown sugar
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1¼ cups (6¼ oz/177 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (4 oz/115 g) ground almonds
- 2 teaspoons mixed spice
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons strained apricot jam
- Egg wash
Notes
- You can start soaking the fruit a day before you want to make the cake to allow the fruit to fully absorb the liquid.
- Marzipan will burn very quickly in the broiler so watch constantly until it's done. You can also use a blowtorch with care!
- Make your own Glacé Cherries using my recipe, you'll be grand!
- You can start soaking the fruit a day before you want to make the cake to allow the fruit to fully absorb the liquid.
- Instead of strawberry jam or raspberry jam, it's best to use apricot jam for a mild flavor.
- For the most authentic taste, use mixed spices. But a similar pumpkin pie spice or just ground cinnamon will also work fine.
- Marzipan will burn very quickly in the broiler so watch constantly until it's done. You can also use a blowtorch with care!
- Allow the cake to cool completely before slicing to ensure clean, neat cuts.
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