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Simnel Cake
- Makes
1
Cake - Difficulty
Easy
Published 1980
This cake, with its rich layer of almond paste through the middle as well as on top, was traditionally made for the fourth Sunday in Lent. It was intended to be eaten at a small family celebration on the Sunday afternoon, marking the fact that Lent was more than half over. The recipe comes from Berkshire.
Ingredients
1½ sticks 180 g 1 cup 240
Method
Grease and line an
Make the almond paste by working the ground almonds, sugar and egg into a stiff paste. Roll the paste out into 2 thin rounds the size of the cake tin.
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