Feeling fruity?
Chocolate eggs might be synonymous with the season, but Easter feasting isn’t complete without a traditional simnel cake.
This lighter, sweeter alternative to Christmas cake – with marzipan balls as decoration and a layer of almond paste baked inside – is steeped in mystery as to its origins, which only adds to its appeal. Shrewsbury, Devizes and Bury all vie to claim the treat, but food historians believe all three influenced the modern version.
Theories also abound about the name, while some think the simnel cake started life as a Lent feast-day bake for Mothering Sunday.
Whatever the truth, it’s sure to make a
