Simnel Muffins
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 250 g mixed dried fruit
- 1 orange, juice and zest of, grated
- 175 g butter, softened
- 175 g golden caster sugar (superfine sugar)
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 300 g self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 5 tablespoons milk
- 175 g marzipan
- 200 g icing sugar
- 2 tablespoons orange juice, for mixing
- jelly beans or miniature chocolate egg, to decorate
directions
- Tip the fruit into a bowl, add the zest and juice and microwave on medium for 2 minutes (or leave to soak for 1 hour). Line a 12 hole deep muffin tin with paper cases. Heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius Beat together the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, spices and milk until light and fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. Add the fruit and mix together well.
- Half fill the muffin cases with the mixture. Divide the marzipan into 12 equal pieces, roll into balls, then flatten with your thumb. Put one into each muffin case and spoon the rest of the mixture over. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until risen and golden.
- Beat together the icing sugar and orange juice to make icing thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Drizzle over the cooled muffins, then top each with jelly beans or chocolate mini eggs.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Ppaperdoll
London
I'm an American living in London since I got married in 1994 (except for a brief stint in New Jersey, and then Luxembourg). I work part-time for a national charity and also study social sciences part-time with the Open University. Keeps me busy, but I still find plenty of time to cook and search for 'zaar recipes!
Over time my cooking has meshed English and American customs together, especially at holiday time. I make a mean Christmas fruitcake complete with Fondant Icing and marzipan, but I still have a Christmas cookie party for my friends where I introduce (or subject!) them to all my favorite cookie recipes. My husband and two kids will happily eat Shepherd's Pie or Sloppy Joes, cheese and onion or grilled cheese sandwiches. The comparisons go on and on...