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[carieoates]

Dear me now I'm dreaming of battenburg.
Well done though I as know it's difficult to line up those cubes so it cuts nicely. So my mum says anyhow,

Mmm there are some gorgeous battenburg cake pix online..its such a pretty cake! I really really want to eat some
How about this fun felt non edible battenburg,Bert? @silverdarling

How about this beauty? Mmmmmmmmmmm
Hunger monster is going crazy!

Jeez, wish I had not come here on a fast day. Green battenburg!!!

No, no, no, @CandiceMarie! Battenburg cakes were born to be pink and yellow!

[janeg]

Yes @StowgateResident but almond/pistachio stuff is sometimes dyed green so it kind of works. @CandiceMarie you are a cruel woman finding and sharing all the batten burg images. I wonder if the felt one is impregnated with almond fragrance mmmmm, sigh, yumm

I know Stowie @stowgateresident pink and yellow is the prettiest but i bet this one tastes yummy too xx i really wish i hadnt put that pic there, i just know i' ll be seeking out a BB at the shops today! X
@rawkarenthats a very interesting ands thought provoking signature! X

I'm now wondering if I have all the necessary ingredients in the house to make one! Pink and yellow of course!

[janeg]

attagirl @StowgateResident! I had to go out (50C ) and get red food colouring and more marzipan. So worth it!

Oh NO!!! @Candicemarie You are one cruel lady

You're just jealous@Sue.Q coz ive just had a cuppa and two thick slices of battenburg on the roof garden ! Me and my big cheeks

I didn't make the cake - had a snooze on the sofa instead! Now I have to think about dinner!

[janeg]

bettenburg finished I had jokingly said to Beloved, that the recipe said that the cake will keep well for three days in an airtight container. Well, an airtight container would need to be a vault in the darkest depths of Timbuktu to have made it last 3 hours never mind three days in our previous life. Amazingly, it DID last three days and that was us bravely tackling it twice a day (breakfast and after dinner)
This is indeed a miraculous way of eating.
Still looking for a recipe that will give light sponge, after I've tried the same recipe with room temperature eggs, then with the creaming method.
All in the name of research you understand.
Note to self- holidays plus battenburg experiments may not be kind on exise day. Do NOT be disheartened!

Will the creaming method not count as exercise if you do it with a wooden spoon!

But Merlin, who does it with a wooden spoon these days?