Battenburg

First of all, don't laugh. My husband took this photo of my battenburg alongside Mary's one in the book. He thought it would be good to compare them!
No, I didn't use green food colouring, it was red, and no, it wasn't past its sell by date, I bought it this morning!
Having made the sponge mixture, I divided it into two parts, and added red food colouring to one part. Mary said to use a few drops. This did not seem to do much, so I added some more. The colour still didn't look that great, but more lilac than green! I was worried that if I put more colouring in, it would change the consistency of the sponge, so I left it at that. I reassured myself that the colour would become more vibrant on cooking - Wrong!!
What a disappointment!
Having said that, I was told by my family, that as long as you eat it with your eyes closed, it gets 8.0.
It certainly can't be that bad, because its all gone!