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Gluten Free Simnel Loaf Cake

Delicious gluten free simnel cake, perfect for Easter, it is similar to Christmas cake but not quite as rich. This cake is loaded with dried fruit and cherries and has a hint of spices then topped with fabulous marzipan. This is a traditional Easter cake and has 11 balls of marzipan on the top, it should be 11 to symbolise the 11 apostles! This can be made dairy free too too by switching to a dairy free margarine.

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This recipe contains:

  • Dairy, 
  • Egg, 
  • Tree Nuts
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Recipe by Alison Peters

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Ingredients

250g gluten free self raising flour
100g muscovado sugar
50g ground almonds
1.5tsp mixed spice
150g margarine
3 eggs
200g dried mixed fruit with candied peel
100g glace cherries
2tbsp apricot jam
350g marzipan
1 egg (for brushing on top)
  • Preparation Time: 20 Mins
  • Cooking Time: 1 Hour 15 Mins
  • This recipe makes 12 servings

Method

1. Place the gluten free self raising flour, sugar, ground almonds, margarine, eggs and mixed spice and whisk together using an electric mixer.

2. Cut the glace cherries in half and add these and the dried fruit to the cake batter, fold in until evenly distributed.

3. Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin and pour in the cake mix. Bake in an oven preheated to gas mark 4 for around 1 hour 15 mins. Push a skewer into the middle and it should come out clean, if not leave for another 15 mins and check again.

4. Turn the cake out onto a cooking rack and allow to go cold. Once cold level off the top of the cake using a serrated knife.

5. Spread about half the apricot jam on the top of the cake.

6. Roll out about 3/4 of the marzipan to about 2-3mm thick big enough to cover the top of the cake, trim off the excess from around the edges.

7. With the remaining marzipan split into 11 equal pieces (11 marzipan balls for the 11 apostles) roll them into nicely rounded balls. Use a little bit of jam to stick the balls onto the the marizipan top.

8. Brush the marzipan with egg and place under a grill, keep a close eye as you don't want the marzipan to burn and it reaches this stage pretty fast! Leave under the grill for just a few minutes to caramelise the top of the balls.

Nutritional Information (Per serving)

Calories Carbs Fibre Fat Sugar Protein
509 69g 4g 19g 41g 5g

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