BATTENBERG CAKE
Our traditional Battenberg cake is a delicious project for an afternoon in the kitchen. Bake this easy but impressive cake for a special occasion
Provided by Sarah Cook
Categories Treat
Time 3h
Yield Makes 2 cakes, each cuts into 10 slices
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line the base and sides of a 20cm square tin with baking parchment (the easiest way is to cross 2 x 20cm-long strips over the base). To make the almond sponge, put the butter, sugar, flour, ground almonds, baking powder, eggs, vanilla and almond extract in a large bowl. Beat with an electric whisk until the mix comes together smoothly. Scrape into the tin, spreading to the corners, and bake for 25-30 mins - when you poke in a skewer, it should come out clean. Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling while you make the second sponge.
- For the pink sponge, line the tin as above. Mix all the ingredients together as above, but don't add the almond extract. Fold in some pink food colouring. Then scrape it all into the tin and bake as before. Cool.
- To assemble, heat the jam in a small pan until runny, then sieve. Barely trim two opposite edges from the almond sponge, then well trim a third edge. Roughly measure the height of the sponge, then cutting from the well-trimmed edge, use a ruler to help you cut 4 slices each the same width as the sponge height. Discard or nibble leftover sponge. Repeat with pink cake.
- Take 2 x almond slices and 2 x pink slices and trim so they are all the same length. Roll out one marzipan block on a surface lightly dusted with icing sugar to just over 20cm wide, then keep rolling lengthways until the marzipan is roughly 0.5cm thick. Brush with apricot jam, then lay a pink and an almond slice side by side at one end of the marzipan, brushing jam in between to stick sponges, and leaving 4cm clear marzipan at the end. Brush more jam on top of the sponges, then sandwich remaining 2 slices on top, alternating colours to give a checkerboard effect. Trim the marzipan to the length of the cakes.
- Carefully lift up the marzipan and smooth over the cake with your hands, but leave a small marzipan fold along the bottom edge before you stick it to the first side. Trim opposite side to match size of fold, then crimp edges using fingers and thumb (or, more simply, press with prongs of fork). If you like, mark the 10 slices using the prongs of a fork.
- Assemble second Battenberg and keep in an airtight box or well wrapped in cling film for up to 3 days. Can be frozen for up to a month.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 524 calories, Fat 25 grams fat, SaturatedFat 10 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 71 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 61 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 7 grams protein, Sodium 0.5 milligram of sodium
BATTENBURG CAKE
Steps:
- Cream butter and 1 cup sugar together. Beat in 3 eggs, one at a time. Mix in vanilla. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt gently. Add milk if needed.
- Divide batter into 2 equal parts. Add food coloring to 1 part to make a deep pink color. Grease two 7 inch square pans. Spread batters into pans.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean, about 25 to 30 minutes. Let stand in pans 5 minutes. Turn out on racks to cool.
- Trim edges from both cakes. Cut each cake lengthwise into 4 strips as wide as the cake is thick. Trim to make strips match. Heat jam slightly. Spread on sides to glue 2 pink and 2 white strips together checkerboard fashion. Spread all 4 sides of completed cake with jam. Repeat with remaining pink and white stripes. Makes two cakes.
- To Make Almond Paste: Mix almonds, confectioners' sugar, egg, lemon juice, and almond extract together. Knead until smooth, adding a bit of lemon juice or water if too dry to roll. Add only 1/2 teaspoon at a time. It will be stiff. Divide into 2 equal parts.
- Roll 1/2 of paste 1/8 inch or so thick on a surface lightly dusted with confectioners' sugar. Cut to fit length of cake, and long enough to cover 4 sides leaving ends uncovered. Lay cake on one end of paste. Wrap to completely enclose all 4 sides of cake pinching paste to seal. Roll in granulated sugar. Place with seal underneath on serving plate, or store in plastic bag. Repeat for second cake. Chill. Slice thinly to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 645.7 calories, Carbohydrate 85.5 g, Cholesterol 102.7 mg, Fat 31.6 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 10.6 g, SaturatedFat 11.4 g, Sodium 208.8 mg, Sugar 59.2 g
BATTENBURG CAKE
Make and share this Battenburg Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Nancy Van Ess
Categories Dessert
Time 50m
Yield 2 cakes, 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Cream butter and 1 cup sugar together.
- Beat in 3 eggs, one at a time. Mix in vanilla.
- Stir in flour, baking powder and salt gently.
- Add milk if needed.
- Divide batter into 2 equal parts.
- Add food coloring to 1 part to make a deep pink color.
- Grease two 7-inch square pans.
- Spread batters into pans.
- Bake at 350°F until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean, about 25-30 minutes.
- Let stand in pans 5 minutes.
- Turn out on racks to cool.
- Trim edges from both cakes.
- Cut each cake lengthwise into 4 strips as wide as the cake is thick.
- Trim to make strips match.
- Heat jam slightly.
- Spread on sides to glue 2 pink and 2 white strips together checkerboard fashion.
- Spread all 4 sides of completed cake with jam.
- Repeat with remaining pink and white stripes.
- Makes 2 cakes.
- To make almond paste: Mix almonds, confectioners' sugar, egg, lemon juice and almond extract together.
- Knead until smooth, adding a bit of lemon juice or water if too dry to roll.
- Add only 1/2 teaspoon at a time. It will be stiff.
- Divide into 2 equal parts.
- Roll 1/2 of paste 1/8 inch thick on a surface lightly dusted with confectioners' sugar.
- Cut to fit length of cake and long enough to cover 4 sides leaving ends uncovered.
- Lay cake on one end of paste. Wrap completely to enclose all 4 sides of cake pinching paste to seal.
- Roll in granulated sugar.
- Place with seal underneath on serving plate, or store in plastic bag.
- repeat for second cake. Chill.
- Slice thinly to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 619.9, Fat 29.4, SaturatedFat 11.2, Cholesterol 111.2, Sodium 276.1, Carbohydrate 84.4, Fiber 3.4, Sugar 57.2, Protein 9.7
TRADITIONAL BRITISH BATTENBERG CAKE
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 400 F.
- In a large baking bowl beat together the butter and sugar until light and creamy.
- Slowly add the eggs, continuing to beat with the butter and sugar mix; resist the temptation to add the eggs too fast to avoid curdling the cake.
- Add the vanilla extract and stir.
- Sift the flour into the baking bowl, along with the milk, and continue beating until smooth.
- Place half of the mixture in another bowl, add the food coloring a little at a time until you have a color you like. Stir well.
- Grease a 6-inch square cake tin and divide into two by placing a thick layer of aluminum foil down the center. Put the pink mixture on one side and the plain cake on the other.
- Place in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the cake springs back when pressed lightly.
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.
- Cut each cake to the same size, then cut each cake in half lengthways.
- Take a pink cake and brush one side with the warmed jam. Place a yellow piece next to it, jam side together and push gently together.
- Brush the top surface with jam and place a piece of yellow cake atop a pink piece and vice versa.
- Brush all the outside edges with more jam.
- Brush the rolled marzipan with a little jam and wrap it all around the cake, hiding the seam underneath. Trim away any excess.
- Chill in the refrigerator for at least an hour. Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 377 kcal, Carbohydrate 51 g, Cholesterol 98 mg, Fiber 1 g, Protein 5 g, SaturatedFat 9 g, Sodium 231 mg, Sugar 36 g, Fat 18 g, ServingSize 1 cake (9 servings), UnsaturatedFat 0 g
BATTENBERG CAKE
Battenberg cake is a true classic for afternoon tea. The Hairy Bikers' recipe makes it foolproof.
Provided by The Hairy Bikers
Categories Cakes and baking
Yield Makes 1 cake
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5.
- Grease a 20cm/8in square, loose-based cake tin with butter.
- Take a 30cm x 20cm/12in x 8in strip of baking parchment and make a 8cm/3in fold in the centre. This will create a division in the cake so that the two differently coloured sponges can be cooked at the same time.
- Line the tin with the baking parchment, keeping the division in the centre.
- Put the butter, sugar, eggs, flour and vanilla in a food processor and pulse until well combined.
- Transfer the batter to a bowl set on scales, remove half of the batter and put it in a different bowl.
- Add a small dab of red food colouring to one bowl and fold it into the batter until it is well blended.
- Spoon the cake batters into each side of the prepared tin and smooth the surface with the back of a spoon.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for about 25 minutes, or until the sponges have risen. Cool in the tin for five minutes, then slide a knife around the outside of each sponge and turn them out onto a wire rack. If the sponges have risen unevenly, press the surface gently until level. Leave until completely cold.
- To assemble the cake, first place one sponge on top of the other and trim off the crusty edges so they are both the same size. Cut the sponges in half lengthways to make four long rectangles.
- Warm the apricot jam in a saucepan then press through a fine sieve.
- Brush the long side of one of the sponges with jam and sandwich together with a sponge of a contrasting colour. Do the same with the other two sponges.
- Sandwich the two pairs of sponges together like a checker board and brush the top and sides with jam.
- Place the marzipan on a surface dusted with icing sugar and roll into a rectangle of about 40cm x 20cm/16in x 10in; it should be large enough to wrap the cake completely, leaving the ends exposed, and be about 5mm/¼in thick.
- Turn the cake upside down on the marzipan and brush the underside of the sponges with jam.
- Wrap the marzipan around the cake, pressing it gently onto the surface of the sponges, and press the edges together to make a firm join.
- Turn back over with the seam underneath, trim a thin slice off each end and place on a serving plate.
BIRTHDAY BATTENBERG
I knew I'd love Battenberg cake before I even tasted one because it's covered in one of my all-time favorite foods, marzipan! Marzipan is made of almonds and sugar and it has a dough-like consistency, sort of similar to fondant, so it's great for covering cakes. The Battenberg cake originated in England and is traditionally made in a checkerboard shape, with the cakes glued together by jam. There's no frosting on a Battenberg cake but the marzipan locks in loads of moisture and contributes such delightful sweetness and texture that you just don't miss it.
Provided by Molly Yeh
Categories dessert
Time 6h5m
Yield 1 loaf cake
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- For the cake batter: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Turn an 8-inch square baking pan into a Battenberg pan: first, fold a long piece of foil onto itself a couple of times to a create a foil barrier to divide your pan in half, making sure that the barrier is at least the height of the pan or even a little more. Then, spray the pan and each side of the foil with cooking spray (to help the parchment stick) and line each half of the pan with two overlapping pieces of parchment paper, one going widthwise and one going lengthwise, with enough overhang to come all the way up the sides and then some. Get your scissors out and trim the parchment so that it lays nicely and doesn't curl around the corners and make you go crazy. Sorry, I know this is a lot of parchment paper (I reuse parchment all the time!). Okay, set this aside.
- In a medium bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder, then lightly stir in the salt and set aside. In a large measuring cup, whisk together the heavy cream and sour cream and set aside.
- In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle, cream together the butter, coconut oil and granulated sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each and periodically scraping the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Add the vanilla and mix to combine. Reduce the mixer to medium-low and add the dry mixture and cream mixture in 3 alternating additions, mixing until 80 percent combined.
- Divide the mixture in half. In the first half, add a few drops of yellow food coloring and fold in the sprinkles as you mix until the batter is combined. Pour into one side of the pan and use a small offset spatula or a spoon to carefully spread it out evenly. In the second half of the batter, add a few drops of red food coloring and fold it in as you mix until the batter is combined.
- Pour into the other side of the pan and use a small offset spatula or a spoon to carefully spread it out evenly. Bake until the tops of the cakes are browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few crumbs on it; begin checking for doneness at 45 minutes. Let cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then use the parchment wings to lift them out of the pans and onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Level the cakes and trim off the sides if they're uneven. Halve each cake crosswise to yield 4 equal rectangles that are as wide as they are thick (measure the thickness of the cake once it's leveled, then turn your ruler 90 degrees to measure that same amount on top of the cake and score with an accordion pastry cutter). Enjoy a bite of cake scraps and set these aside.
- To assemble: Knead the marzipan with the blue food coloring to get your desired color, dusting with powdered sugar if it gets too sticky. On a silicone mat (or a big piece of parchment or a counter dusted with powdered sugar, but I strongly recommend a silicone mat so that you don't get powdered sugar all over what will eventually become the outside surface of the marzipan), roll the marzipan out into a rectangle that's about 7 1/2 inches wide by 13 inches long, dusting the top with powdered sugar as needed to prevent sticking, and rolling in a scattering of sprinkles at the end. Trim the edges so they're straight. Brush all over with a thin layer of jam and place a rectangle of pink cake at one end. Brush the exposed surfaces with a thin layer of jam. Squish a rectangle of sprinkle cake right next to it and brush the exposed surfaces with a layer of jam. Stack the other two rectangles of cake on top, brushing with jam, to form a checkerboard pattern. Carefully roll it onto its side, pressing the marzipan all over so that it sticks, then continue to roll until the cake is covered. Trim off any excess marzipan, then decorate with additional marzipan decorations as desired.
- Wrap in firmly plastic wrap and let set in the fridge for a couple of hours. Let come to room temperature and enjoy!
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