Apricot And Marzipan Cake

• 8 apricots ripe
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup butter softened and chopped
• 4 ounces marzipan finely diced
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 lemon zested
• 3 medium eggs
• 5 tablespoons apricot jam
• 3 tablespoons pistachios chopped

1. 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.
2. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F. 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.
3. 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.

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Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Apricot-and-Marzipan-Cake-1405186 (may not work)