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Ingredients (20)
  • Butter175g Butter
  • Caster Sugar175g Caster Sugar
  • Self-raising Flour140g Self-raising Flour
  • Almonds50g Almonds
  • Baking Powder½ tsp Baking Powder
  • Eggs3 Medium Eggs
  • Vanilla Extract½ tsp Vanilla Extract
  • Almond Extract¼ teaspoon Almond Extract
  • Butter175g Butter
  • Caster Sugar175g Caster Sugar
  • Self-raising Flour140g Self-raising Flour
  • Almonds50g Almonds
  • Baking Powder½ tsp Baking Powder
  • Eggs3 Medium Eggs
  • Vanilla Extract½ tsp Vanilla Extract
  • Almond Extract¼ teaspoon Almond Extract
  • Pink Food Colouring½ tsp Pink Food Colouring
  • Apricot200g Apricot
  • Marzipan1kg Marzipan
  • Icing SugarDusting Icing Sugar

Battenberg Cake

Battenberg Cake

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line the base and sides of a 20cm square tin with baking parchment (the easiest way is to cross 2 x 20cm-long strips over the base).