Frances Bissell

Battenburg cake

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6 to 8

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Floral Baker: Cakes, Pastries and Breads
The Floral Baker

By Frances Bissell

Published 2014

  • About

With this recipe, I wanted to create a cake with the same flavours as the best rose and lemon Turkish Delight.

Ingredients

  • 115 g/4 oz/1 cup self-raising flour
  • 115

Method

Whisk the eggs thoroughly, then add the sugar and whisk again until thick, pale and creamy. Stir in the butter alternating with the flour. Take half the mixture and colour it pink, also adding a drop or two of rose essence. Add lemon zest to the second portion.

Pour the mixture into two greased and floured 500