Make a vegan-friendly model of a basic simnel cake this Easter so everybody can take pleasure in a deal with. Use a kitchen blowtorch to simply obtain that signature burnished look on the marzipan
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:30 minutes
- Prepare dinner:2 hrs and 30 minutes
- Extra effort
- Serves 12
- Dairy-free
- Egg-free
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
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Components
- 200ml soya milk
- 1 lemon, zested and ½ juiced
- 500g marzipan
- icing sugar, for dusting
- 250g dairy-free unfold, plus further for the tin
- 250g combined dried fruit (we used sultanas, raisins and candied peel)
- 75g glacé cherries, roughly chopped
- 1 orange, zested and juiced
- 200g gentle brown comfortable sugar
- 200g plain flour
- 75g floor almonds
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp floor ginger
- ½ tsp floor cinnamon
- 1 tsp combined spice
- 2 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 25g apricot jam, warmed, plus further for sticking the marzipan balls to the cake
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Methodology
- STEP 1
Combine the soya milk with the lemon juice in a jug and put aside for a couple of minutes to thicken. Reduce 150g of the marzipan from the bigger block. Roll this out on a piece floor evenly dusted with icing sugar till it's simply barely smaller than the bottom of a 23cm cake tin. Utilizing the dairy-free unfold, butter a 23cm springform cake tin and line with a double layer of baking parchment. Warmth the oven to 180C/160C fan/gasoline 4.
- STEP 2
Combine the dried fruit, lemon zest, chopped cherries and orange zest and juice collectively in a big bowl, tossing just a few instances till properly mixed.
- STEP 3
Beat the vegan unfold with the brown sugar till pale utilizing an electrical whisk, then add the flour, almonds, baking powder, spices and vanilla. Tip within the milk combination till you have got a clean batter. Fold within the fruit together with a pinch of salt and any juice from the bowl till properly mixed – don’t fear if the batter appears barely curdled.
- STEP 4
Spoon half the batter into the ready tin, then gently clean the floor with the again of the spoon and prime with the spherical of marzipan. Spoon over the remaining batter and clean the floor once more. Bake for 30 minutes, then scale back the oven to 150C/130C fan/gasoline 2 and bake for an additional 1 hr 45 mins-2 hrs, or till a skewer comes out clear and the cake is well-risen and agency. Rigorously take away from the tin and depart to chill fully on a wire rack. Reduce into slices to serve. Will maintain for 2 weeks in an hermetic container.
- STEP 5
Brush the nice and cozy apricot jam over the cooled cake. Reduce a 200g piece from the remaining marzipan and roll it out once more as earlier than. Reduce out a 23cm circle utilizing the bottom of the cake tin as a information. Use the rolling pin that will help you carry the marzipan circle over the cake and gently press it onto the floor (the apricot jam will assist it stick). Divide the remaining marzipan into 11 items and roll into balls. Use a little bit extra jam to stay the balls across the fringe of the cake – these signify the 12 apostles, minus Judas. In the event you like, use a kitchen blowtorch to barely burnish the marzipan balls and topping till simply golden (do that rigorously in order that they don't burn).