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Vegetarian

Ingredients

For the Dessert

50 ml Sunflower Oil

½ tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

250 g Plain Flour

120 g Unsalted Butter

2 Oranges (Zested & Squeezed)

3 tsp Baking Powder

150 ml Buttermilk

4 tsp Marmalade

75 g Dried Cranberries

½ tsp Vanilla Extract

2 tsp Mixed Spice

75 g Dried Apricots

120 g Dark Brown Sugar

1 Pinch Sea Salt

2 tbsp Demerara Sugar

3 tbsp Marmalade

For the Glaze

2 tbsp Water (Boiled)

3 tbsp Marmalade
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Marmalade Cake

by Dan

Serves 10

Total 1 hour 5 minutes

Oven Temp 170 °C - 50 minutes

Difficulty Super Easy

Chef Tarunima Sinha

Method

  1. Chop the dried cranberries and apricots roughly then add to a pan with the juice from 2 oranges and gently warm on a medium heat for 5 minutes. Set aside to allow to cool and let the fruit absorb the juice.

  2. Put the oil, buttermilk, vanilla extract and 3 tbsp of marmalade into a jug and stir to mix.

  3. In a large bowl add the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt, mixed spice, dark brown sugar and the orange zest. Next rub the butter into the mixture until it resembles coarse sand.

  4. Add the soaked fruit and any remaining juice and then slowly pour in the oil and buttermilk mix and stir until combined. Do not overmix.

  5. Pour the cake batter into a greased tin and dot 4 tsb of marmalade on top of the cake and using a skewer swirl into the cake then sprinkle with the demerara sugar on top. Bake for 45-50 minutes. Once out the oven, it may sink in the middle - embrace this.

  6. Cool the cake for 10 minutes in the tin and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

  7. In a small bowl add 3 tbsp of marmalade and 2 tbsp of hot water and combine. Then brush over the top and sides of the cake and leave to set.