It's late in the day for an Easter post perhaps, but this week's recipe for the Weekly Bake Off , as chosen by the lovely Amy, was Easter Simnel Cake. The Weekly Bake Off is Amy's masterplan to bake her way through Mary Berry's 100 Cakes and Bakes , a beautiful little baking book which is so reasonably priced (under £4 at the moment) and with so many varied recipes that I really encourage you to buy it! Although I knew what it was, I've never even tasted Simnel Cake before (a little bit put off by the amount of marzipan - especially without the Christmassy covering of royal icing - I mean I like marzipan, but this has always seemed too much). The recipe can be found online at My Kitchen Table, so I won't repeat it here. It's actually quite a simple recipe, chock full of sultanas, currants and glace cherries. The trickiest part is fitting the dividing layer of marzipan into the cake tin. I ended up using the loose bottom from a cake tin of
because everyone deserves a little sweetness in their life