Easy Simnel Cake Recipe (Easter Fruitcake)
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4.6
24 reviews
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 raisin mixed dried fruit, diced apricots
- 1 ¾ cups apricot
- 1 ¾ cups currant
- ¾ cup glace cherries halved
- 3 tablespoons brandy
- orange zest and juice
- lemon zest and juice from 1
- 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 dark brown sugar
- 4 egg large, at room temperature
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour 6¼ oz/177 g
- 1 cup almonds ground
- 2 teaspoons mixed spice
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons apricot jam strained
- 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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