Mary's Coffee & Walnut Battenburg

This was another technical challenge and I enjoyed making it, despite tons of washing up!  I was interested to read that the original pink and white Battenburg cake was made to honour the marriage of Queen Victoria's grand-daughter to Prince Louis of Battenburg in 1884.  They say you learn something new every day.....

Coffee and Walnut Battenburg

You just have to keep your eye on the maths (equal quantities of both sorts of cake mixture, the length and width of the marzipan).  I found I didn't have quite enough coffee butter cream but I was probably a little too generous in my first and second applications.  Also my cake wasn't perfectly square as you can see, but that's because it rose more in the centre than at the outsides.

It's an extremely sweet cake and ideal for serving at an afternoon tea party when you want to put out something a little different.

PS There are plenty of off-cuts to nibble while you are assembling the cake!