Ingredients:
150g mixed dried fruit
1 orange
150g soft butter or margarine
150g caster sugar
3 eggs
175g self raising flour
1 teaspoon ground mixed spice
pinch of nutmeg
4 tablespoons milk
175g marzipan (omit for people with nut allergies)
Ingredients: for the icing
200g icing sugar
Juice of 1 orange
mini eggs
How to make simnel cakes….WASH YOUR HANDS.
- Place the mixed fruit into a bowl, add the zest and juice of the orange and leave to soak for an hour.
- Ask an adult to preheat oven to 170oc/Gas Mark 4 and put a shelf onto the centre runner. (Aga Roasting oven – shelf on oven floor).
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, beat in the eggs then fold in the flour, mixed spice and nutmeg. Fold in mixed fruit.
- Divide marzipan into 12 and roll into little balls and flatten slightly.
- Half fill muffin cases with the fruit and cake mixture. Put one flattened marzipan ball into each cake case and top with a spoonful of fruit mixture. Ask an adult to place the tray in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes until they are a pale golden brown.
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Beat together icing sugar and enough orange juice (approx 2 tablespoons) to make a smooth paste. Spoon over the top of each muffin once cooled and top with mini eggs.
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