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Christmas cupcakes
Photo: Deva Williamson

Christmas cupcakes

21 ingredients 40 min + 45 min Makes 12 openrecipes
Christmas cupcakes

These beautiful and classy little cakes make lovely gifts, and kids will enjoy decorating them too

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

917
Calories
23g
Protein
21g
Fat
152g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 15 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cherry 1 cup (138g) 87
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Rum 1/2 oz (15ml) 32
Pecan Nut 1 half (4g) 20
Apricot 1 medium (35g) 17
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Fruits not in our table 0
Brandy not in our table 0
Marzipan not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 200g dark muscovado sugar
  • 175g butter , chopped
  • 700g luxury mixed dried fruits
  • 50g glacé cherries
  • 2 tsp grated fresh root ginger
  • zest and juice 1 orange
  • 100ml dark rum , brandy or orange juice
  • 85g/3oz pecan nuts, roughly chopped
  • 3 large eggs , beaten
  • 85g ground almonds
  • 200g plain flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 400g pack ready-rolled marzipan (we used Dr Oetker)
  • 4 tbsp warm apricot jam or shredless marmalade
  • 500g pack fondant icing sugar
  • icing sugar , for dusting
  • 6 gold and 6 silver muffin cases
  • 6 gold and 6 silver sugared almonds
  • snowflake sprinkles

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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