Photo: David Holifield
Battenberg cake recipe
11 ingredients
30 min + 45 min
12 people
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This lovely chequered cake was supposedly named in honour of the marriage of Queen Victoria's granddaughter to Prince Louis of Battenberg in 1884.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
713
Calories
20g
Protein
18g
Fat
113g
Carbs
Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Apricot | 1 medium (35g) | 17 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Marzipan | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 480 softened unsalted butter
- g caster sugar
- 480 medium eggs
- g capful of vanilla extract
- 8 plain flour
- 1 baking powder
- 480 red food colouring
- g yellow food colouring
- 20 jar of apricot preserve
- g icing sugar
- 1 yellow marzipan
Directions
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