Name: Battenberg Cake
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 175g/6oz caster sugar; 175g/6oz unsalted butter, softened; 3 eggs; 50g/2oz ground almonds; 125g/4½oz self-raising flour, sifted; 1 tsp baking powder; A pinch of salt; 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract; A few drops of pink food colouring; For the marzipan; 1 egg, plus 1 egg yolk; 250g/9oz icing sugar, plus extra to dust; 1 tsp lemon juice; 1 tbsp brandy; 250g/9oz ground almonds; To decorate; 100g/4oz apricot jam; Icing sugar, to dust

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