If you don’t want to make a large Simnel Cake this Easter, these sweet little cupcakes are just the answer!
And they would make Easter gifts too!
Ingredients
- about 450g/1lb marzipan
- 275g/9¾oz caster sugar
- 150ml/5fl oz sunflower oil
- 50g/1¾oz honey
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 75g/2½oz full-fat cream cheese
- 4 medium free-range eggs
- 150g/5½oz currants
- 75g/2½oz raisins
- 200g/7oz plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp mixed spice
- icing sugar, for rolling
- edible gold balls, to decorate
Beat the sugar, oil, honey, vanilla and cream cheese in a mixing bowl until smooth, then beat in the eggs until thoroughly mixed through. Stir in the currants and raisins, then sift in the flour, baking powder and mixed spice and stir well.
Spoon about 1-2cm/½-¾in of cake mixture into each paper-lined pocket, lay one of the small marzipan disks on it and press it down gently to remove any air pockets, then spoon more of the mixture on top to three-quarter fill the papers.
Bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until a skewer pocked in comes out almost clean.
When the cakes are out of the oven, place a disc of marzipan on each and very gently press it down and around: the heat from the cupcake will soften the marzipan and seal it on.
When the cakes have cooled you can decorate them with marzipan balls or try making an Easter Chick out of marzipan!
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