Battenberg cake

Name: Battenberg cake
Ingredients: 175g very soft butter Butter; 175g golden caster sugar; 140g self-raising flour; 50g ground almonds; 1/2 tsp baking powder Baking powder; 3 medium eggs; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 1/4 tsp almond extract; 1 x ingredients for almond sponge; pink food colouring, we used 1/2 tsp Squires rose food paste; 200g apricot jam; 2 x 500g blocks white marzipan; little icing sugar, for dusting

Battenberg cake was pinched from <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1120657/battenberg-cake" target="_blank">www.bbcgoodfood.com.</a>

"Sarah Cook's traditional Battenberg cake is a delicious project for an afternoon in the kitchen..."

INGREDIENTS

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175g very soft butter Butter

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175g golden caster sugar

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140g self-raising flour

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50g ground almonds

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1/2 tsp baking powder Baking powder

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3 medium eggs

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1/2 tsp vanilla extract

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1/4 tsp almond extract

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1 x ingredients for almond sponge

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pink food colouring, we used 1/2 tsp Squires rose food paste

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200g apricot jam

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2 x 500g blocks white marzipan

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little icing sugar, for dusting

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