Carrot Cake
It's a classic but a good one. The condensed milk makes it super moist and tasty.
Top Tip
Add a vanilla or orange-flavoured buttercream instead of the glace icing for a fancy upgrade
Easter Simnel Cupcakes
Desserts
Food
British
These mini cakes contain a surprise in the middle…
12 Servings
Ingredients
300g dried fruit
Grated zest and juice of 1 orange
120g almond marzipan
110g butter, softened
110g dark brown sugar
2 eggs
140g self-raising flour
1 tsp mixed spice
140g icing sugar
120g Cadbury Mini Eggs
Method
- Preheat oven to 150C. Line a 12-hole tin with cupcake cases.
- Put the dried fruit, orange zest and juice in a bowl. Microwave for 90 secs on medium. Cool.
- Divide the marzipan into 12 balls and flatten each one.
- Cream the butter and brown sugar together until fluffy. Whisk in the eggs. Fold in the soaked fruit and any juice. Add the flour and spice and fold in gently.
- Divide half the mixture between the cases and add a marzipan disc to each one. Spoon over the rest of the cake mixture. Bake for 35-40 mins. Cool on a wire rack.
- Icing: mix the sugar with a little water to make a thick glace icing. Drizzle over the cakes and decorate with Cadbury Mini Eggs.
