Easter Simnel Cake
A traditional Easter Simnel Cake. Fruit cake baked with a layer of marzipan in the middle, topped with marzipan layer and balls (to represent the apostles minus Judas), glazed with beaten egg and popped under a hot grill for a few seconds to caramelise. Finished with a hand made petal paste flower. For those that don't know, this cake was originally taken home by housemaids to their Mothers on Mothering Sunday (which was also known as Simnel Sunday), decorated with preserved fruits and flowers. It then developed in late Victorian era to be an Easter cake and the tradition of the marzipan balls for the 'good' apostles was adopted.
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Comment by June Kowalczyk on March 30, 2013 at 3:12pm
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Ahh
Good idea Katy, adding the explanation. My Mom had a lot of Brit friends, & I took care of a lot of Brits, and I don't remember anyone ever mentioning this type of cake. You learn something new everyday..... :o)
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Comment by Katy Nott on March 30, 2013 at 2:59pm
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Thanks for the heads up June - I did wonder if it was an english thing, so I've modified my description to explain it!
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Very striking Katy. When I saw this, I confess, I had to Google simnel cake. I have never heard of it. Guess it is more English than Scottish. My Mom never made anything like this.
l didn't make my Callah braid. Since it is only Steve & I for Easter dinner, didn't bother.
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