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    Perfect tea-time TREATS

    Nov 04, 2021 4 minutes
    COMPILED BY: ROSE FOOKS.

    MINI CHRISTMAS CAKES

    Boozy, fruity and perfectly proportioned. Top up your sherry and get stuck in.

    PER MINI CAKE 283 cals, 9g fat, 4g sat fat, 43g carbs

    MAKES 12

    ✷ 375g (13oz) mixed fruit – dried cranberries, raisins, chopped apricots, chopped dates
    ✷ 5tbsp brandy, whisky or rum
    ✷ 80g (2½oz) butter, softened
    ✷ 75g (2½oz) light muscovado sugar
    ✷ 2 medium free-range eggs
    ✷ Zest of 1 orange
    ✷ ½tsp mixed spice
    ✷ 90g (3oz) plain flour
    ✷ ½tsp baking powder
    ✷ 200g (7oz) marzipan
    ✷ Apricot jam, warmed for glazing
    ✷ Writing icing, to decorate You will need:
    ✷ 12-hole silicone cupcake/muffin moulds or a muffin tin double-lined with cupcake cases

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