![]() ![]() ![]() Another time saver would be to mix up all 9-eggs worth of batter in a large stand mixer and estimate 2 thirds of it for the yellow sponge before colouring the remainder. I chose to use an all-in-one mixing method rather than creaming the butter and sugar together first, as it should result in a flatter top and it’s quicker so will save a little time in this fiddly project. Trim any large excess and smooth over the join. Paint the top with lots of jam and fold up the sides of the marzipan up to make a join on the top.Position the whole sticky block of planks onto the center of the marzipan, upside down - you want the marzipan seam to end up on the bottom.It will be slightly less sticky if you avoid painting the outside faces of the planks until you’re ready to wrap the thing, but it’s not a terrible problem if you paint a side too early as they will all need jamming up in the end. Working on baking parchment will also make it easier to move it to the marzipan later. Heat the jam and paint sides of all the sponge strips, glueing them together with the jam as you stack them into a golden ratio rectangle (see the order I used above, but use what works for you).If it’s sticky, roll it between two sheets of plastic wrap, peeling the top layer off when you’re ready to wrap the cake. Roll out the marzipan to at least 25cm x 30cm.The order I used to stack the cake (you'll be doing it with jam) From your pink sponge: cut 2, 3cm square planks and 2, 1cm square delicate strips.Also cut 2, 2cm square planks and 2, 1cm square delicate strips. When maneuvering the delicate strips, guard against breakage by rolling them sideways onto something like a long blade rather than picking them up by their ends. From your yellow sponge: cut two 5cm-wide strips, creating planks of sponge that are 5cm square in cross-section.Use a toothpick to make indents at the top and bottom edge of the sponge to mark out the following long rectangular blocks and cut them carefully from the main block.Also, save the cuttings to crumble up with frosting to make cake pops.) (Tip – if this is tricky, then chill or partially freeze the sponge and it will be easier to cut straight lines. You want your yellow cake to be 5cm high, and the pink cake to be 3cm high. With the two squares of sponge out of their tins and completely cool, cut off the browned tops of the cake and any sloping edge pieces.While the sponges are baking, make the marzipan if you're making your own.(If you're reusing the same tin, cool it down with some cold water before using it again.) Repeat steps 2-4 for with the pink sponge ingredients and bake for 25-30 minutes.Scrape the mixture into a prepared tin, spreading to the corners and bake for about 1 hour, reducing temperature part way if it browns quickly.(If you're using a stand mixer however, it's best to sift the dry ingredients on top of the wet ingredients to avoid a layer of flour at the bottom of the mix. Add the soft butter, sugar, vanilla essence and eggs all into the same bowl and whisk together until just combined.Sift the yellow sponge's amount of flour, baking powder and salt into a very large bowl and mix well. Grease and line the cake tin(s) with baking parchment.The yellow sponge will come right up to the top of the tin when baked About 900g marzipan ( Make your own marzipan, or see here for tips on how to get ready-made marzipan in Japan).Ingredients for the taller yellow sponge: I used pink gel, but a little red also works Hmm would it be a Battenacci, or a Fibonberg.? There is also this cute Mondrian cake which looks a little like a Battenberg variation, and this pretty amazing Rubik's Battenberg but I’ve yet to find a Fibonacci Battenberg exactly. There are quite a few cakes online that depict the famous Fibonacci sequence, and it’s quite interesting to see how different people have approached it. From the parthenon to pine cones, from the petals on a sunflower to the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, the sequence appears to be written into the world around us". ![]() "The Fibonacci sequence is found to appear time and time again among the structures of the natural world, and even in the products of human culture. To quote a particularly alliterative Melvyn Bragg from his In Our Time programme on the topic Examples of the golden spiral are found in nature and can be incredibly beautiful. The Fibonacci sequence is where each number is the sum of the previous two numbers, that is: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 and so on.
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