Battenberg

Name: Battenberg
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 150 ml/5 fl oz (scant ⅔ cup) unsweetened dairy-free milk; 2 tsp apple cider vinegar; 200 g/7 oz (1 cup) caster sugar; 120 g/4¼ oz (½ cup) unsweetened soy yoghurt; 130 g/4½ oz (generous ½ cup) dairy-free butter; icing (confectioner’s) sugar, for dusting; 400 g/14 oz golden marzipan; 3 tbsp marmalade; Vegan pink food colouring or beetroot juice; Vegan pink food colouring or beetroot juice; ½ tsp baking powder; 260 g/9¼ oz (2 cups) self-raising (self-rising) flour; 1 tsp almond extract

Preparation info

Serves
10

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Great British Vegan

By Aimee Ryan

Published 2021

About

Don’t worry, Battenberg is actually much easier to make than you’d think. Not only does it taste wonderful, but just looking at this beautiful pink and yellow chequered cake is a pleasure in itself.

Ingredients

130 g/4½ oz (generous ½ cup) dairy-free butter
200

Europe
United Kingdom
Cake
Vegan

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C fan/180°C/350°F/gas 4. Use a double layer of foil to divide a 20cm/8in square cake tin in half. Line both sections with greaseproof paper.
Whisk together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the