Christmas cupcakes

Name: Christmas cupcakes
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 200 grams dark muscovado sugar; 175 grams butter, chopped; 700 grams luxury mixed dried fruit; 50 grams glacé cherries; 2 teaspoons grated fresh root ginger; 1 zest and juice orange; 100 milliliters dark rum, brandy or orange juice; 85 grams 3oz pecan nuts, roughly chopped; 3 larges eggs, beaten; 85 grams ground almond; 200 grams plain flour; 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon mixed spice; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 400 grams pack ready-rolled marzipan (we used Dr Oetker); 4 Tbsps warm apricot jam or shredless marmalade; 500 grams pack fondant icing sugar; 6 gold and 6 silver muffin cases; 6 gold and 6 silver sugared almonds; 1 serving snowflake sprinkles

Christmas cupcakes is a dessert that serves 12. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 12g of protein, 31g of fat, and a total of 792 calories. It will be a hit at your Christmas event. This recipe from BBC Good Food requires ground almond, snowflake sprinkles, orange juice, and eggs. It is a rather expensive recipe for fans of American food. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 25 minutes. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Christmas Stollen Cupcakes – A Christmas Classic Transformed, Christmas Cupcakes – Mulled Wine Cupcakes with Chestnut Butter Frosting, and Christmas Cupcakes – Holiday Cupcakes for the Starbucks Addict.

Instructions

Tip the sugar, butter, dried fruit, whole cherries, ginger, orange zest and juice into a large pan.

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Dried Fruit

Orange Zest

Cherries

Butter

Ginger

Juice

Sugar

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Frying Pan

Pour over the rum, brandy or juice, then put on the heat and slowly bring to the boil, stirring frequently to melt the butter. Reduce the heat and bubble gently, uncovered for 10 mins, stirring every now and again to make sure the mixture doesnt catch on the bottom of the pan. Set aside for 30 mins to cool.

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Brandy

Butter

Juice

Rum

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Frying Pan

Stir the nuts, eggs and ground almonds into the fruit, then sift in the flour, baking powder and spices. Stir everything together gently but thoroughly. Your batter is ready.

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Almond Meal

Baking Powder

Spices

All Purpose Flour

Fruit

Egg

Nuts

Heat oven to 150C/130C fan/gas

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Oven

Scoop the cake mix into 12 deep muffin cases (an ice-cream scoop works well), then level tops with a spoon dipped in hot water.

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Cake Mix

Cream

Water

Ice

Bake for 35-45 mins until golden and just firm to touch. A skewer inserted should come out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Skewers

Unravel the marzipan onto a work surface lightly dusted with icing sugar. Stamp out 12 rounds, 6cm across.

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Powdered Sugar

Marzipan

Brush the cake tops with apricot jam, top with a marzipan round and press down lightly.

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Apricot Jam

Marzipan

Make up the fondant icing to a spreading consistency, then swirl on top of each cupcake. Decorate with sugared almonds and snowflakes, then leave to set. Will keep in a tin for 3 weeks.

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Candied Almonds

Fondant Icing

Cupcakes

Equipment

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Moscato Dasti, Port

Cream Sherry, Moscato d'Asti, and Port are great choices for Cupcakes. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Solera Cream Sherry with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 17 dollars per bottle.