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Battenberg [1] or Battenburg [2] cake is a light sponge cake with variously coloured sections held together with jam and covered in marzipan. In cross section , the cake has a distinctive pink and yellow check pattern .
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Marsipankake (Norwegian, "marzipan cake"), also known as marzipan princess cake or hvit dame ("white lady"), is a dessert from Norway featuring layers of sponge cake, vanilla cream, various puddings, jams, and other additives before being topped in a layer of marzipan.
Nigella Lawson was born in 1960 in Wandsworth, London, [4] one of the daughters of Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby (1932–2023), [5] a business and finance journalist who later became a Conservative MP and Chancellor of the Exchequer in Margaret Thatcher's government, and his first wife, Vanessa Salmon (1936–1985), [6] a socialite [7] and the heiress to the J. Lyons and Co. fortune. [8]
Marzipan can also be made from oatmeal, farina, or semolina. [16] For Jews in Iran, marzipan fruit is a traditional Passover treat, replacing biscuits and cakes. According to Sephardic Jewish custom, friends of the woman giving birth would cook for her and prepare homemade marzipan. This was believed to enhance the mother’s milk and was ...
Simnel cake is a fruitcake associated with Lent and Easter and widely eaten in England, Ireland and countries with patterns of migration from them. It is distinguished by layers of almond paste or marzipan, typically one in the middle and one on top, and a set of eleven balls made of the same paste.
How to Eat is a 1998 book of English cuisine by the celebrity cook Nigella Lawson. [1] It features culinary tips on preparation and saving time, [ 2 ] and sold 300,000 copies in Britain. [ 3 ] It was praised by critics as a valuable guide to cooking.
Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten were offered many cakes from well-wishers around the world for their wedding on 20 November 1947. [11] Of these they accepted only 12, including one from J. Lyons and Co. [12] They created a three-tiered cake, mounted on a silver stand, made by F E Jacobs, chief decorator of J Lyons' Ornamental Department.