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Easter Simnel Cupcakes
Ingredients:

150g/5oz Cream Plain Flour
125g/4oz Butter at room temperature
125g/4oz Light Brown Sugar
3 Beaten Eggs
1/2 teaspoon Mixed Spice
Grated Rind of a Lemon
500g packet Luxury Fruit Mix
2 tablespoons Apricot Jam to glaze cupcakes
2 x 250g packets of Almond Marzipan
Method:
Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5.
Line muffin tins.
Cream butter and sugar until smooth.
Gradually beat in the eggs.
Add flour, lemon rind and mixed spice.
Gently stir and mix in the fruit .
Divide half the mixture into the paper cases.
With half the marzipan, roll and cut into circles, place onto the fruit.
Top the circles with remaining mixture.
Bake for about 25 minutes until risen .
Roll out other half of marzipan and cut out 12 circles and shape out 11 balls.
Heat the apricot jam in a pan.
Remove the cupcakes from the oven and brush the top of each cooked cupcake with melted jam, place a circle of marzipan on each.
Dip each ball into melted jam and put in centre of each cupcake.
Return to oven for a further 5 minutes .
Remove from tin and cool on a wire tray.
Enjoy :)