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Battenberg Cake Recipe
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Cdnloonytune / All my dishes 1 year ago
The British Royals trace their roots back to Germany, & so does this cake. It was a favourite of Queen Victoria's daughter, Beatrice, who's married name, Battenberg, became Anglicized to Mount Batten.
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Prep:90m Cook:30m Servings:10
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Ingredients
- 2 - 16 oz. pkg. pound cake mix
- 2 Tbs orange juice
- 2 Tbs light-coloured corn syrup
- sifted powdered sugar
- red paste of food colouring
- 1/2 cup seedless red raspberry jam
- 2 - 7 oz. pkgs. marzipan (almond paste)
- sugared raspberries & mint
Directions
- Grease & flour 2 - 9" X 5" X 3" loaf pans & set aside
- prepare pound cake mixes according to package directions, preparing each cake separately do not make a double batch at one time
- spread batter from 1 cake into 1 of the prepared pans
- stir enough food colouring into second batter to tint it pink & spread into the other pan
- bake according to package directions or till cake spring back when lightly touched
- cool in pans on a rack 10 minutes, remove from pans & cool completely
- trim crusts from the sides, end & top of each cake to make evenly shaped loaves
- trim loaves again so each measures 7½" x 4" x 1½ "
- cut the plain loaf into 4 evenly shaped logs measuring 7½" x 1" x ¾ "
- cut the pink loaf into 5 logs measuring 7½" x 1" x ¾ "
- assemble cake using 5 pink logs & 4 plain logs
- drizzle the logs with orange juice & set aside
- in a small saucepan combine the raspberry jam & corn syrup, heat & stir over low heat till jam is melted & mixture is smooth, set aside
- in a bowl knead marzipan with hands until soft
- sprinkle both sides of marzipan with powdered sugar & roll between two sheets of waxed paper to a 12" X 8" rectangle
- brush off any excess sugar
- remove top sheet of waxed paper & place a plain coloured cake log crosswise in the center of marzipan sheet
- brush jam mixture on all sides of cake log
- place at pink logs on each side of first log & brush them with more of the jam
- for second layer, place another pink log on top of the plain log & plain logs atop the first pink logs brushing all sides with the jam
- repeat layering with remaining cake logs, alternating colouring to make a checkerboard pattern, pressing cake logs together
- bring marzipan up & over the sides of cake having edges meet at the top of the cake covering the long sides but not the ends
- crimp edges of marzipan can to seal & decorate top with marzipan trimmings as desired
- carefully transfer to a serving plate & using serrated knife, trim cake & marzipan to make each end even
- let cake stand, covered, for several hours or overnight before serving
- garnish with sugared berries & mint leaves
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