Simnel Muffins
Simnel cake is a light fruit cake, similar to a Christmas cake, covered in marzipan, and eaten at Easter in England and Ireland. A layer of marzipan or almond paste is also baked into the middle of the cake. On the top of the cake, around the edge, are eleven marzipan balls to represent the true apostles of Jesus; Judas is omitted. In some variations Christ is also represented, by a ball placed at the centre.
The word simnel probably derived from the Latin word simila, meaning fine, wheaten flour with which the cakes were made. A popular legend, however, attributes the cake's creation to the English pretender Lambert Simnel, who according to legend devised it during the time in which he was forced to work in Henry VII's kitchens.
I was determined to make a simnel cake after I had it for the first time during Easter holiday in England two years ago ( made by my sister-in-law) but I'd failed to do so (for some reason which I couldn't figure it out!)..until now !
The version I made contains much less marzipan and also not as rich as a traditional simnel cake.. Apart from that ,it's easy to make!!
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