Paddington bear has made a come-back and is very popular at the moment so I have devised a delicious cake using marmalade in his honour.
Now is the season for oranges especially the Sevilles, so buy a chunky marmalade made from them. You will need a deep 7in /18cm cake tin and a pastry brush for glazing.
Ingredients:
- 110g (4oz) soft margarine or softened butter
- 110g (4oz) golden caster sugar
- 175g (6oz) self raising flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 2 large eggs
- 3 level tablespoons chunky marmalade
- Grated zest of 1 orange
- Decoration and glaze
- 1 orange
- grated zest of 1 orange
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons marmalade
Method:
Line the cake tin with greaseproof paper and grease it Heat the oven to Gas 4 /180C /170 fan
In a mixing bowl put the fat and soften it with a wooden spoon. Add the sugar, sieve in the flour and baking powder, then add the eggs, marmalade and the grated zest of the orange.
Mix with the wooden spoon for 2-3 minutes until well blended together.
Put into the tin and bake for approximately 40 minutes, or until firm in the centre. Turn out onto a cooling rack.
Decoration: Cut the orange into thin slices. In a wide pan melt the sugar in 300ml / ½ pint water. Bring to the boil, put in the orange slices. If the orange is large cut the slices in half but leave a whole one for the centre.
Turn down the heat and gently simmer for approximately 10 minutes to soften the peel.
Carefully remove from the pan.
Melt the marmalade with 1 tablespoon of syrup over a gentle heat. Do not boil.
Brush it over the cake then place the orange slices on top and brush them with the hot marmalade.