Kitchen Sanctuary · by Nicky Corbishley★ 5.0 (4)
Battenberg Recipe
NUTRITION · PER SERVING70M COOK
CAL 26%·PRO 16%
CARBS 73G56% OF CAL
2G FIBER0G ADDED0G INTRINSIC24G OTHER47G TOTAL SUGAR
FAT 23G39% OF CAL
10G SAT13G UNSAT
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
A classic English cake featuring fluffy checked sponge layers, jam filling, and almond marzipan coating. An elegant afternoon tea treat with soft, tender crumb.
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Nutrition & ingredients
Ingredients
serves 22- 360 g (1 1/2 cups) very soft unsalted butter
- 350 g (2 cups minus 4 tbsp) golden caster sugar ((use superfine caster if you can't get golden))
- 280 g ( 2 cups + 2 tbsp) self-raising flour*
- 100 g (1 cup) ground almonds ((almond flour in the USA))
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 6 medium eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1/8 tsp yellow food colouring gel (I use Wilton concentrated gel**)
- 1/8 tsp pink food colouring gel
- 2 x 500 g (2 x 17.5 oz) blocks yellow or white marzipan
- 300 g (3/4 cup) apricot jam
- 1 cup (1 cup) confectioners' sugar (for rolling and dusting)
At a glance
PER SERVING · TIME 70M
CAL 26%·PRO 16%
CARBS 73G56% OF CAL
2G FIBER0G ADDED0G INTRINSIC24G OTHER47G TOTAL SUGAR
FAT 23G39% OF CAL
10G SAT13G UNSAT
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
Complete estimate · 100% of estimated mass resolved
All countable ingredients resolved. Figures are per serving.
- Prep
- 40m
- Cook
- 30m
- Sodium
- 236mg
- Total sugar
- 47g
- Added sugar
- ≥21g
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.
Vitamins & minerals
- Potassium
- 266mg
- Calcium
- 96mg
- Iron
- 2mg
Estimated from ingredients; USDA coverage varies by food.
- PREP
- 40M
- SODIUM
- 236MG
- ESTIMATE
- COMPLETE
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.