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How to Draw a Battenberg
Draw a Battenberg in 10 easy steps, about 8 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: a plate.
Step 1: A plate
Below the middle draw a long flat oval plate, most of the way across. Add a second oval just inside.
Step 2: The long bar
On the left of the plate draw a square front, then a slanted top and a long side going back.
Tip Battenberg is a long pink and yellow checkerboard cake wrapped in marzipan.
Step 3: The marzipan edge
Inside the front square draw a second square, a finger in from each edge. This is the marzipan.
Step 4: The checkerboard
Split the inner square into 4 with a thin line down the middle and a thin line across.
Step 5: A slice
On the right draw a slice the same way: a square front with a thin top and a thin side.
Step 6: The slice's checks
Inside the slice's square draw a smaller square. Split it into 4 with a thin line down and across.
Step 7: The table
Draw a line under the plate from well left to well right.
Step 8: Cream marzipan
Go over your lines, then colour the marzipan edges, the tops and the sides cream.
Step 9: Pink and yellow checks
Colour the top left and bottom right checks pink, and the other 2 checks yellow.
Step 10: Sky plate
Colour the plate sky blue, around the cake and the slice.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a Battenberg, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
