Cakes

Marzipan Tea Bread

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

This impressive looking cake is easy to make, using ready made Florentines with their rich nutty flavour.

Florentines are chocolate discs with a chopped nut topping. They are widely available in the biscuit aisle

110 grams	Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
110 grams	Butter unsalted, softened
1	Happy Eggs beaten
100 ml	JUST MILK
200 grams	Plain White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
1 tsp	Baking Powder
150 grams	florentine biscuits, chopped
100 grams	chocolate marzipan

25 ml	Water boiling
50 grams	Golden Granulated Sugar (Billington's)
50 grams	Chocolate dark, chopped

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Preheat the oven to 170 C fan/ 190 C/ Mk 5. Line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment. Cut the marzipan into strips
Cream together the sugar and butter until well blended and creamy. Add the egg and the milk gradually
Fold in the flour and baking powder. Reserve a few of the Florentines for decoration, and stir the rest through the batter
Spoon a third of the batter into the tin, and lay over some marzipan, making sure that there is some at each end of the tin. Spoon over another third of cake mix, and the remaining marzipan, then the last of the cake mix
Bake for 45 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted
Meanwhile, make the chocolate glaze. Add the water to the sugar in a bowl and stir well. Add the chocolate, and set over a pan of barely simmering water until all is dissolved and melted.
At the end of the cooking time, remove tea bread from tin, and set on a rack to cool. When the cake is cool, spoon the chocolate glaze over evenly. Sprinkle on reserved chopped Florentines. Enjoy a slice with coffee.