Get Ready for Easter with this traditional recipe for Easter Simnel Cake (20 cm Round Tin) Ingredients: 225 g Plain flour 1 level tsp Baking powder 1 level tsp Mixed spice 175 g Soft golden caster sugar 175 g Stork baking spread or soft butter 3 Large eggs 3 tbsp. Milk 175 g Currants 225 g Sultanas 50 g Cherries, halved and washed 50 g Candied peel 50 g Unblanched almonds Zest of 1 orange and 1 lemon Almond Paste 400 g Ground almonds 200 g Caster sugar 200 g Icing sugar 2 tsps. Whiskey, rum or lemon juice ½ tsp Almond essence 2 Small eggs, whisked Directions First, line your tin with a strong brown paper and then with grease proof paper. Pre-heat oven to 150c (conventional oven). Almond Paste
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