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A glittering Easter carrot cake topped with marzipan and chopped nuts
When picking a cake to bake for Easter, the choice was between a traditional Simnel Cake or a Carrot Cake which the Easter Bunny would enjoy. I decided to combine the two to make a Marzipan Carrot Cake filled with fruit and walnuts and coated in apricot jam, marzipan and toasted hazelnuts. I then used a rabbit cake stencil from Designer Stencils to give it a glittering finish.
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Alissa B. favorited Marzipan Carrot Cake
22 Apr 10:30
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Len favorited Marzipan Carrot Cake
19 Apr 22:35
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Cat Morley published her project Marzipan Carrot Cake
06 Apr 09:00
You Will Need
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Step 1Beat the eggs together with the brown sugar and oil.
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Step 2Whisk the flour, cinnamon, baking soda and baking powder.
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Step 3Whisk the flour mixture into the eggs and oil.
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Step 4Grate in the carrots and add the walnuts and dried fruit.
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Step 5Mix well to combine.
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Step 6Separate the batter into two greased cake tins.
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Step 7Bake at 180'C for 20 minutes until golden.
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Step 8When the cake has cooled, spread one layer of the cake with apricot jam.
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Step 9Place the second cake on top and cover the top and sides of the cake in jam.
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Step 10Carefully lay the rolled out marzipan over the cake, smoothing out and trimming off any excess from the edges.
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Step 11Lightly dampen the top of the cake and lay your chosen stencil in place.
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Step 12Use a clean paint brush to dust the stencil with gold edible glitter.
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Step 13Carefully remove and continue dusting your cake until you're happy with the design.
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Step 14Spread the bottom edge of the cake with more apricot jam and sprinkle with toasted hazelnuts to coat.
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Step 15Top with some golden eggs and serve.
