Red Velvet and Confetti Cake Battenberg

Mandy of What The Fruitcake?! came to our rescue last minute to present us with the Battenberg Cake challenge! She highlighted Mary Berry’s techniques and recipes to allow us to create this unique little cake with ease.

For this month’s Daring Bakers challenge, we were introduced to the Battenberg Cake, something I’d admittedly never heard of. When I first saw the photos of it, I got pretty excited, because what a pretty way to design a cake! What I found is it’s not so easy to make it as beautiful as in those introductory photos, but I certainly gave it a shot. (more…)