recipe

[varzia]

i am looking for a recipe for simnel cake to make
a medum size cake.
Thankyou.

[wired]

Quick Simnel cake
!lb marzipan 3 standard eggs
8oz plain flour 6 oz butter
1 level tspn baking powder 6 oz castor sugar
1 level tsp mixed spice 8 oz sultanas
6 oz currants 2 oz cut mixed peel
2 oz glace cherries 3 tbspns milk
prepare cool oven gas mark 3 /160
grease & line 7" tin
Roll out 1/2 marzipan to size of tin. Sift togetherflour,baking powder, spice. Beat eggs. Cream butter & sugar, stir in eggs & dried fruits. Fold in flour mix and milk.
Place 1/2 mixture in tin, smooth over & cover with marzipan.
Spread remaining mixture over.
Place tin on baking sheet & bake in centre of oven for 2 hours, reduce heat to gas 2 /150 for further 15 mins.
Turn out of tin when cold & either place rest of marzipan over the top or form into 13 balls and place on top.