Simnel Muffins

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• Step 1

  roll out your marzipan on a flat surface sprinkled with a little icing sugar, using a round cutter, cut out 12 discs of marzipan to decorate the tops of the muffins and 12 smaller discs to be baked in the cakes

• Step 2

  next cream the sugars and margarine
  {i use an ancient Kenwood mixer}

• Step 3

  slowly mix in the eggs

• Step 4

  sift and mix in the flour
  add the mixed spice to taste

• Step 5

  mix in the raisons by hand
  save the liquor that didn't get soaked up

• Step 6

  pre-heat your oven to whatever temp you
  normally cook cupcakes/muffins

• Step 7

  add a small spoonfull of mixture
  to each muffin case smooth out a little

• Step 8

  add smaller disc of marzipan
  then another spoonfull of cake mixture

• Step 9

  cook 'em!
  not sure how long i cooked them for as i was busy chatting away!
  when they are golden brown and spring back to touch
  they are done :o)

• Step 10

  leave them to cool awhile
  then using the saved Ameretto paint the bottoms of the discs of marzipan and stick to muffin top
  {he he he}
  i painted the tops too
  then popped 'em under a medium grill
  till they were toasted golden brown.

• Step 11

  again leave them to cool
  then mix up some icing
  add a bit of colouring - i used violet paste
  add a little dollop in middle and add eggs then drizzle the icing around the eggs to give impression of a nest
  add a little more colour and repeat

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  Step 12

  QUICK EAT THEM - before someone else does!!!

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  this recipe makes a dozen muffin sized cakes
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  hopefully this all makes sense
  i am a marzipan addict so i make the marzipan tops quite thick - you may want to use less marzipan!

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