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Marzipan Orange Cup Cakes
Ingredients
3 oz. (6 tablespoons) butter
3 oz. (6 tablespoons) sugar
2 eggs, beaten
5 oz. (1¼ cups) flour
¼ teaspoon baking powder
Pinch salt
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) orange juice
Apricot jam
8 oz. marzipan
Icing (confectioners') sugar
Details
Makes: 12
Method
Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffly. Beat in the eggs a little at a time. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt, add the orange peel and fold this into the creamed mixture alternately with the orange juice. Using a teaspoon, half fill 12 paper cake cases.
Cook 6 at a time, well spread out, on HIGH for 2½ -3 minutes. Spread apricot jam on top of the cakes while they are still warm.
Roll out the marzipan to a thickness of ¼ inch on a board sprinkled with icing sugar. Cut out rounds to fit the diameter of the cakes and place on top of the jam.
Use two paper cases, one inside the other, to help the cakes keep their shape during cooking. Do not burn cup cakes, which cook very quickly due to the small amount of mixture in each.
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