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Which British sponge cake is held together by apricot jam and covered in marzipan, famously revealing a pink and yellow checkered pattern when sliced?

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Battenberg cake

The cake is traditionally wrapped in a layer of marzipan to hold the four sponge sections together. It was reportedly created to honor the marriage of Princess Victoria to Prince Louis of Battenberg in 1884.

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