Dessert for 4

Battenberg Cake with chocolate chips and baking chocolate

Name: Battenberg Cake with chocolate chips and baking chocolate
Total time: 100 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British and Irish
Ingredients: 175 g butter; 175 g caster sugar; 140 g self-raising flour; 50 g almonds; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 3 eggs; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 1/4 tsp almond extract; 175 g butter; 175 g caster sugar; 140 g self-raising flour; 50 g almonds; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 3 eggs; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 1/4 tsp almond extract; 1/2 tsp pink food colouring; 200 g apricot; 1 kg marzipan; dusting icing sugar

$27.42for 4100 minServes 4

Two almond sponge cakes join with apricot and marzipan to create the classic checkered British dessert.

Battenberg Cake with chocolate chips and baking chocolate

Photo: TheMealDB

What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Butter, 12 oz$0.40/oz typical	12 oz	$4.94Typical price
	Nuts and seeds, 3.5 oz$0.70/oz typical	3.5 oz	$2.47Typical price
	Eggs, 6$0.30 each typical	6	$1.80Typical price
	Peaches, 0.45 lb$2.49/lb typical	0.45 lb	$1.10Typical price
	Chocolate chips and baking chocolate, 35 oz$0.45/oz typical	35 oz	$15.87Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$27.42

Swaps

Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

Sugar and brown sugarFlourBaking powder and sodaCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoa

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100 minstart to table
Involveddifficulty
4servings as written
$$$$typical cost tier

British and Irish Vegetarian Desserts

Typical price

$6.85 per serving$27.42 for 4

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Ingredients

175 g butter
175 g caster sugar
140 g self-raising flour
50 g almonds
1/2 tsp baking powder
3 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp almond extract
175 g butter
175 g caster sugar
140 g self-raising flour
50 g almonds
1/2 tsp baking powder
3 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp almond extract
1/2 tsp pink food colouring
200 g apricot
1 kg marzipan
dusting icing sugar

Steps

Heat the oven to 350 F and grease an 8-inch square pan, dividing it into two sections.
Beat half the butter and sugar, then mix in half the eggs, vanilla, almond extract, flour, baking powder, and almonds.
Tint the second half of the batter pink, then spread both batters into the divided pan.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the cakes are firm and a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool the cakes for 10 minutes, trim their edges, and cut each cake into matching strips.
Warm the apricot, brush it between the strips, wrap the cake in rolled marzipan, and dust it with icing sugar.

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