Battenburg Cake (gluten free) 🧈
Battenburg Cake (gluten free) 🧈

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A classic cake for afternoon tea. If you prefer a more traditional Battenberg, use pale pink food colouring (instead or orange and black) to colour half of the sponge batter and leave the marzipan natural. Line it so there is a centre piece that splits the tin in half, or use some foil to make a block to separate the tin into two. Pour the chocolate mixture into one side of the prepared cake tin and the orange mixture into the other side.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have battenburg cake (gluten free) 🧈 using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Battenburg Cake (gluten free) 🧈:
  1. Prepare 175 g caster sugar
  2. Take 175 g butter
  3. Make ready 140 g gluten free self raising flour (I love doves farm)
  4. Take 50 g ground almonds
  5. Take 3 eggs
  6. Take 1/2 tsp baking powder
  7. Prepare 1/4 tsp xanthan gum
  8. Prepare 1 tsp vanilla essence
  9. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon almond essence
  10. Take Pink and yellow food colouring gel
  11. Take To assemble:
  12. Make ready 500 g golden marzipan (pre made or bought)
  13. Take 1 jar Apricot conserve
  14. Make ready Icing sugar for dusting counter

All our articles and reviews are written independently by the Netmums editorial team. I used to LOVE Battenburg cake. As in, I would eat it whenever I could get my hands on it! When I became gluten-free, I missed it desperately, but eventually the pink and yellow gap in my life faded away.

Instructions to make Battenburg Cake (gluten free) 🧈:
  1. Preheat the oven to 160c. Melt the butter in the microwave for 30 seconds until soft. Once softened, add to a large mixing bowl with the sugar. Whisk to a cream with an electric whisk for 2-3 mins.
  2. Add the almonds, eggs, baking powder, xanthan gum, vanilla essence and almond essence. Whisk with the electric whisk for 30 seconds to combine.
  3. Sift in the flour. Fold in with a metal spoon until a smooth mixture has formed.
  4. Split the mixture equally into two bowls. Add 3 small drops of colouring gel to each bowl and stir. Add more if you want darker colours. Gel works better than liquid colouring as it doesn’t affect the consistency of the cake mix.
  5. Distribute the mixture into two rectangular tins.
  6. If you don’t have a battenburg tin loaf tins work well, or use a square tin divided into two.
  7. Cook at 160c for 15-25 mins. Using long rectangular tins took 18 mins, but it will depend on the size of tin you use. Cook until the cakes start to brown on the top. Use a cake tester or end of a teaspoon to check it’s cooked through in the middle.
  8. Once fully cooled, use a sharp knife to slice the cake in half long ways.
  9. Microwave the apricot jam for 30 seconds until runny. Dust a large chopping board or worktop with icing sugar and use a rolling pin to roll out the marzipan so it it big enough to cover all 4 sides of the cake. Use a teaspoon to coat in a layer of jam.
  10. Carefully lift the cake slices into the centre of marzipan. Use the remaining jam as a glue to hold the segments together.
  11. Fold the marzipan over the cake. Flip the cake over so the join is at the bottom. Use a sharp knife to cut either end to make them neat. Serve and enjoy!

As in, I would eat it whenever I could get my hands on it! When I became gluten-free, I missed it desperately, but eventually the pink and yellow gap in my life faded away. That is, until I received a slice through the post from Stephanie Palmer, the genius behind Steph's Free From Cakes. Treat yourself to a little slice of nostalgia for elevenses with this lovely gluten and dairy-free Battenberg cake. Our award winning Battenburg cake is also available in dairy, wheat & gluten free and Vegan options.

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