Gluten-Free Simnel Cake - Easter Bundt Cake
Gluten-Free Simnel Cake is a traditional Easter fruit cake. This deliciously modern version has been lightened up and baked in a beautiful bundt tin.
Servings: 16 people
Calories: 595kcal
Ingredients
- 225 g dark brown muscovado sugar
- 175 g light soft brown sugar
- Zest of 1 orange
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 175 g unsalted butter room temperature
- 4 eggs medium-sized
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 175 g sweet rice flour (glutinous rice flour)
- 175 g oat flour + 2 tablespoons for coating add-ins
- 50 g potato starch
- 125 g ground almonds
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tablespoon ground mixed spice see notes
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 350 g buttermilk
Add-ins
- 150 g natural marzipan diced
- 100 g glacé cherries diced
- 125 g sultanas
- 125 g currants
- 50 g mixed peel
Icing
- 200 g icing sugar
- Juice of 1 lemon
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- 275 g natural marzipan
Cake Tin
- 2.4 litres bundt tin 10 cups
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/160°C /gas 4 and grease your bundt tin with spray oil.
- Beat the sugars together with the orange and lemon zest until fragrant.
- Add the butter, a cube at a time so it creams with the sugar. Continue to beat until light and fluffy, scraping down the sides every so often.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, followed by the vanilla extract.
- Sift the flours in a separate mixing bowl with the almonds, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, mixed spice, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
- Add the flour mixture into the rest of the batter, alternately with the buttermilk, one third at a time until just combined.
- Mix the marzipan, glace cherries, sultanas, currants and mixed peel together in a separate bowl then mix in the extra oat flour to coat. Stir the add-ins into the cake batter until evenly dispersed.
- Pour the cake batter into the bundt tin and bake for about 75 minutes or until an inserted cocktail stick is removed clean. Check the cake at 30 minutes and cover loosely with foil if the cake is browning too much.
- Remove from the oven, and leave for 5-10 minutes to rest in the tin before carefully turning out to finish cooling on a wire rack.
Icing
- Mix the icing sugar with the lemon juice a little at a time until smooth and thick but just pourable.
- Stir in the almond extract.
- Spoon the icing over the top of the cake.
Marzipan Balls
- Weigh out eleven 25g pieces of marzipan.
- Roll each marzipan piece between the palms of your hands into the shape of small eggs.
- Place the eleven marzipan eggs around the top of the cake.
Notes
Oat Flour. If you can't digest oats then use sorghum flour in its place.
Buttermilk. If you don’t have any buttermilk then use 350ml whole milk + 1½ tbsp. lemon juice. Whisk together then let sit for five minutes before adding to your cake batter.
Marzipan. Homemade Marzipan is so quick and easy to make. It will take your cake from delicious to stunning. READ MORE >>> Homemade Marzipan
Mixed spice. I urge you to make your own mixed spice which tastes so much better than shop bought. This recipe is also ideal if you can't find it in your local grocery store British Mixed Spice Recipe.
Add-ins. Stir 2 tablespoons of the given amount of oat flour into the add-ins to coat them and help them evenly disperse throughout the cake.
Homemade recipes for add-ins: Homemade Mixed Peel, Homemade Glace Cherries
Storage. This Gluten-Free Simnel Cake will keep for up to a week in an airtight tin in a cool dark place. However if you are using Homemade Marzipan balls then they should be eaten within three days due to the raw egg in the dough.
Ingredient measurements
- Please note when you see ‘grams’ listed as opposed to ‘millilitres,’ or any other term of measurement, that is not incorrect. I weigh all of my ingredients, including liquids, for accuracy.
- US customary measurements for the ingredients provided are based on a conversion calculator. This recipe was tested with metric measurements and I recommend using a digital scale to weigh ingredients for the most accurate results. READ MORE >>> Why you should always weigh vs measuring with cups
Nutrition information
Please note that the nutrition information provided below is an estimate based on an online nutrition calculator. It will vary based on the specific ingredients you use. Please seek a professional nutritionist’s advice for further clarification. The nutrition serving is for 1 slice of cake, assuming the pie is cut into 16 servings.Nutrition
Calories: 595kcal | Carbohydrates: 92g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 67mg | Sodium: 240mg | Potassium: 403mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 64g | Vitamin A: 380IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 127mg | Iron: 2mg