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Battenburg 01

Battenburg 01 is built on Butter Softened, Caster Sugar, Ground Rice, Self Raising Flour, and Baking Powder. Add it to your meal plan and shop the whole list in one go.

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Ingredients

• 110 g
• 110 g
• 50 g
• 110 g
• 1/2 tsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Pre-heat oven to 170 C / 325 F / Gas 3.

2. 2

   Place the butter, sugar, eggs, ground rice, flour, baking powder and almond essence in a large bowl and beat well for approximately 2 minutes until smooth.

3. 3

   Spoon half the mixture into one half of the prepared tin as neatly as possible.

4. 4

   Add a few drops of red food colouring to the remaining mixture to turn it a deep pink colour, then spoon this into the other half of the tin.

5. 5

   Smooth the surface.

6. 6

   Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the cake is well risen, springy to the touch and has shrunk slightly from the sides of the tin.

7. 7

   Turn out and leave to cool on a wire rack.

8. 8

   Trim the edges of the cake and then cut into 4 equal strips down the length of the colours.

9. 9

   Gently heat the apricot jam in a small pan and stick the stripes of cake together, one plain piece next to one coloured one, and then vice versa to make a chequerboard effect.

10. 10

    Brush the top of the assembled cake with apricot jam.