Apricot And Marzipan Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

225 g butter, softened and chopped
225 g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
100 g marzipan, finely diced
150 g caster sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 None lemon, zest only
3 None medium eggs
8 None ripe apricots
5 tbsp apricot jam
3 tbsp pistachio nuts, chopped

Preparation

To prepare the apricots, place them in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave them for 1 min, then lift them out with a spoon. Peel and halve them, then remove the stone.
Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. For the batter, sift the flour and baking powder into a food processor. Add the sugar, butter, marzipan, vanilla extract, lemon zest and eggs, then process until smooth. Grease and flour a 10 inch springform cake pan, add the batter and smooth the top. Press the apricot halves into the top of the batter, round side down and bake for 40-45 mins. Remove from the oven, loosen the pan and cool on a wire rack.
Meanwhile, heat the apricot jam in a small saucepan until liquid. Lift the cake out of the pan and brush the top with the warm jam. Sprinkle with the chopped pistachios and serve.