Battenberg Cake

Name: Battenberg Cake
Prep time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Makes: 8–10-portion cake
Ingredients: 175 g / 6 oz butter; 175 g / 6 oz caster sugar; 3 eggs; 350 g / 12 oz marzipan; ¼ tsp vanilla essence cochineal or pink food colouring; 175 g / 6 oz self-raising flour; ½ tsp rose-water; 4 tbs apricot jam, sieved

Preparation info

Makes:
8–10
-portion cake

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

Named after Prince Henry of Battenberg, this Victoria sponge cake is assembled with contrasting squares of pink and yellow and then wrapped in a thin layer of almond paste or marzipan.

Ingredients

175 g / 6 oz butter
175 g / 6

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Prepare the cake tin by cutting a 28 × 28 cm / 11 × 11 in. square of baking paper. Fold the paper in half and line the base of the bu