Marzipan Eccles Cakes
We have given the traditional Eccles Cake a sparkly almond make over! We have used delicious Renshaw Original Marzipan in the bake to give a wonderful almond taste, and decorated the cakes using our Sparkle Dust for a magical finish- how could anyone resist?!
Makes 16 cakes
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Baking Ingredients
Prepare your equipment: Grease proof paper, 9cm circle cutter, pastry docker (or a fork if you don’t have one of these)
75 g currants
75 g Sponge crumb
25 g Brown Sugar
2 g Cinnamon
50 g Unsalted Butter
85 g Renshaw Original Marzipan
1 sheet Ready Made Puff Pastry
30 g Unsalted Butter (for melting)
Caster Sugar (for dusting)
Decorating Ingredients
Rainbow Dust Golden Belle Sparkle Dust
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Instructions
Making the cakes:
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 375°F/ 190°C fan.
Step 2
Melt the butter in the microwave or on the hob.
Step 3
Tip the currants, brown sugar and cinnamon into the sponge crumb, and gently mix using your hands.
Step 4
Grate the marzipan into the mix, and combine with your hands.
Step 5
Pour the melted butter into the mixture and combine using your hands.
Step 6
Unroll the pastry sheet and cut out 16 discs with a 9cm circular cutter.
Step 7
Melt 30g of butter in the microwave or on the hob and gently brush the disc of pastry all over.
Step 8
Place 10-12g of mixture onto the pastry disc, leaving a small space around the edge. Be careful not overload the discs or they won’t seal!
Step 9
Crimp the edges of the disc together with your hands, bring the edges into the centre, and gently pat into a circular cake shape.
Step 10
Prick the tops of the cakes with a pastry docker (or folk if you don’t have one of these).
Step 11
Brush the tops of the cakes with butter, and sprinkle them with caster sugar.
Step 12
Bake them in the oven for 20 minutes.
Step 13
Spray them with Sparkle Dust for a beautiful sparkly finish.