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- Serves: 12
- Preparation time: 40 minutes
Method
- Preheat the oven to 160C Fan. Line a muffin tin with 12 muffin cases.
- Measure the butter, caster sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder and spices and mix into a large mixing bowl. Beat using an electric hand whisk until light and fluffy. Add the fruits and orange zest and stir. Spoon half of the mixture into the cases.
- Divide the marzipan between them and then spoon the remaining mixture for the muffins on top.
- Bake for 25 minutes until well risen and lightly golden. Cool on a wire rack.
- To decorate roll 7g of marzipan into small balls for each of the muffins and roll out the remaining marzipan and cut out circles using a 5 cm fluted cutter. Place the fluted circles of marzipan in the centre of the muffins and place a small ball of marzipan on top of each one. Use a little warmed apricot jam to attach the marzipan. Wrap each of the muffins in lace cupcake wrappers.
Suitable from 12 months.
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- Author: Annabel Karmel Annabel Karmel
- Job Title: Children's Food Expert
M&B's resident weaning expert Annabel Karmel has over 25 years of experience in children's nutrition and is a best-selling author... 45 cookbooks and counting!
She even received an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her outstanding work in the field of child nutrition.
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