Simnel Fairy Cakes

Ingredients

• 250g mixed dried fruit
• 1 orange, grated zest & juice
• 175g butter
• 175g caster sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 300g self-raising flour – sieved
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• 2 tbsp orange blossom water
• 2 tbsp milk
• 175g marzipan, rolled into 24 balls
• 200g icing sugar – sieved
• 2 tbsp orange juice
• 24 paper cupcake cases

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 170c. Warm the orange juice & dried fruit together in a saucepan.
• In your food processor, beat together the butter, caster sugar, eggs, flour & spice until well combined.
• Add the dried fruit with juice, orange water & milk an whiz.
• Bake for 15 minutes, then return to the oven, if necessary.
• Decorate by mixing the icing sugar & orange juice together and spoon over each cake.