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Union Jack battenberg cake
Photo: David Holifield

Union Jack battenberg cake

11 ingredients 30 min Makes 1 cake openrecipes
Union Jack battenberg cake

This cake takes time and concentration, but is well worth the effort!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

745
Calories
20g
Protein
18g
Fat
121g
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
Strawberry Jam 1 cup (152g) 49
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

  • 175g/6oz softened butter
  • 175g/6oz caster sugar
  • 3 free-range eggs
  • 175g/6oz self-raising flour
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • blue food colouring
  • 300g/10½ icing sugar
  • 150g/5¼oz butter
  • 6 tbsp good-quality strawberry jam
  • 500g/1lb 2oz white, ready-made marzipan
  • 2-3 tbsp icing sugar

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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