Traditional cakes

[Monika Jastrzębowska]

Hello! I love baking and trying new recipes. I promised my family that I would bake something new for the upcoming holidays.
Could you help me? And give some recipes for a traditional united kingdom cake ?
Best regards !
Monika.

 

[Becky]

Welcome to the forum!

A traditional Easter cake in the UK is Simnel cake - it's a type of fruit cake with a layer of marzipan baked into the middle of the cake, and topped with more marzipan once it's cooked. Finally there are 11 marzipan balls on the top representing the 12 apostles minus Judas. It's a very delicious cake

I have made this recipe before and it was very good: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/26/how-to-cook-the-perfect-sinmel-cake

 

[Rolling in the Dough]

This website is super useful for traditional British cakes! Some of the recipes even date back to the 1600s-- whoa. Looks delicious and I hope it works out for you!
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/articles/10-classic-british-sweet-bakes/

 

[Monika Jastrzębowska]

Thank you for your answer ! I've never heard about the Simnel cake - so I decided to try do this cake!
I hope that my cake will taste delicious! So keep your fingers crossed !

 

[Becky]

Glad to hear that! I hope you enjoy it

 

[-Daniel-]

I'm planning on making a simnel cake next week given that it's Easter. I've never done it before but it will be my perfect excuse to give it a go.

 

[Becky]

I hadn't made a Simnel cake until a few years ago - I used the recipe in my post above and it turned out very well. I'm a big fan of the 'How to cook the perfect...' series on the Guardian food blog, Felicity Cloake is brilliant. I made her 'perfect chilli con carne' last night and it was delicious