Recipes for Simnel Cakes

• Semnel Cake Recipe #2 - Uses fresh fruit peel
• Semnel Cake Recipe #3 - Traditional English Version

 

Simnel Cake Recipe#1 - Uses Candied Peels
2 ¼ cups	granulated sugar
1 ½ cups	butter
9	eggs
4 cups	sifted flour
2 cups	chopped currants, dusted lightly with flour they do not stick together
¾ cup	finely chopped candied orange and lemon peel, dusted with flour so they do not stick together.
8 oz.	almond paste
¼ - ½	powdered sugar (enough for dusting)
1.	Cream butter and sugar.
2.	Add each egg separately.
3.	Stir in lightly the flour, the currents and the peels.
4.	Roll almond paste out on a board covered with powdered sugar, to about the size of the cake pan.
5.	Pour ½ of the batter into a 12 x 15 inch greased, parchment-lined cake pan.
6.	Add almond paste and then remaining batter.
7.	Bake at 290 - 300ºF oven for 1 to 1¼ hours.
8.	Cut into small pieces. Store tightly to preserve moistness.