Simnel cake - a traditional UK cake made around Easter/Mothering Sunday (their Mothering Sunday, not the Aussie one).
Simnel cake is also an anagram of...
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Silk Menace, and
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I know this because I have hurt my back, can barely move and am VERY BORED.
Its a fruit cake, with a marzipan lid - am not a fan of marzipan unless its homemade, then its loooovley.
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| Simnel Cake - with artistic marzipan decorations |
The decorations are supposed to represent 11 apostles and Jesus - Judas gets left off, because he does not deserve to be rolled out of a ball of marzipan, stuck under the grill briefly to brown and then eaten.
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| Jesus is the one in the middle, and these are happy apostles |
I was a bit dubious about this one, but its actually very nice - if a bit on the Very Solid side.
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| It took some effort to cut this slice |
The kids only like sultanas, "If they are on their own MUMMY, not In CAKE. NOT IN CAAAAAKE."
sigh.
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It's funny, I'm making fruit cake too - I set aside the fruit to soak this morning.
Not a fan of any type of fruit cake here (except banana cake and apple cake) but I'm LOVING your Let Them Eat Cake Fridays. I might just have to join in the fun too :)
Its fruit cake kind of weather I think Veronica :)
Rach it'd be awesome to hear about your cakes :) It all started out as an after chess treat for the kids on Fridays, but I'm so loving making them now.
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