Peach-Marzipan Cake

Our younger son requested for a peach or apricot cake for the weekend and I came up with this simple & delicious cake.  The recipe does not require much ingredients or work.  Just mix everything together, arrange the peaches on top and pop into oven. Perfect for a lazy weekend!

Ingredients:
a big can (825 g) of halved peaches or apricots, to be drained
220 g flour
8 g baking powder
3 medium-size eggs
100 g grated marzipan
220 g soft butter
1 pkt vanilla sugar (optional)
150 g icing sugar
zest from half a lemon

4 tbsp apricot jam, for glazing

Method:
In a mixing bowl, whisk all ingredients together except apricot jam until well-mixed.

Pour into a greased 26 cm diameter round baking tin with a loose base.  Then, arrange peaches with the cut edge facing up and press down lightly.  Bake in a preheated fan oven at a temperature of 150° C for about 40 minutes.  Note:  Try to get smaller peaches for this cake.

In the meantime, heat apricot jam in a small saucepan over low heat.

Once cake is done, remove from baking tin.  Glaze top and sides of cake with apricot jam while still hot.

Leave cake to cool down completely before serving.

Happy Baking!