Simnel Muffins
simnel muffin recipe
Posted by vInTaGe~VioLeT
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i got asked by a few friends for a recipe for these muffins - to be honest i kind of make baking up as i go along but a made a second batch on sunday as we had family over so here's more or less what i did
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You Will Need (11 things)
- 3 oz soft Brown Sugar
- 1 oz white Caster Sugar
- 4 oz stork Margarine
- 4 oz Self-Raising Flour
- 2 medium free range Egg(s)
- 1 cup Raisins soaked in Disaronno Ameretto
- Mixed Spice {to taste}
- BIG block of golden Marzipan
- Icing Sugar
- Food Coloring
- Mini Chocolate Eggs
Steps (12 steps, 60 minutes)
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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
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2
next cream the sugars and margarine
{i use an ancient Kenwood mixer} -
3
slowly mix in the eggs
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4
sift and mix in the flour
add the mixed spice to taste -
5
mix in the raisons by hand
save the liquor that didn't get soaked up -
6
pre-heat your oven to whatever temp you
normally cook cupcakes/muffins -
7
add a small spoonfull of mixture
to each muffin case smooth out a little -
8
add smaller disc of marzipan
then another spoonfull of cake mixture -
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) -
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. -
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 -
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!