(Please note: this recipe contains raw eggs.) To make the cake, put the orange and lemon juice in a non-stick saucepan and add the dried fruit and cherries. Bring to a simmer over a medium heat ...

3. Divide almond paste into 3 equal portions. Roll out 1/3 of the almond paste to an 8 inch circle. Place the circle of almond paste on the cake batter in pan. Cover with remaining cake batter. 4.

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Simnel cake was traditionally given by servant girls to their mothers when they returned home on Mothering Sunday and it's now become a classic Easter cake. Preheat the oven to 150C/130C Fan/Gas 2.

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Add the grated apple to the fruit and mix in gently but thoroughly. Put half of the cake mixture into the prepared tin, roll about half of the almond paste into an 8½ inch (21.5cm) round.