Citrus cupcakes
Jul 31, 1975 2:00pm- 30 mins cooking
- Makes 6 Item
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Ingredients
Citrus cupcakes
- 1/4 cup (40g) poppy seeds
- 2 tablespoon milk
- 125 gram butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon lemon rind, finely grated
- 1 teaspoon lime rind, finely grated
- 2/3 cup (150g) caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup (150g) self-raising flour
- 1/3 cup (50g) plain flour
- 1/3 cup (40g) almond meal
- 1/4 cup (60ml) orange juice
- 1/2 cup (80g) icing sugar
- 450 gram white prepared fondant
- green, orange and yellow food colouring
- 1/3 cup (110g) orange marmalade, warmed, strained
- 2 tablespoon green sprinkles
- 2 tablespoon orange sprinkles
- 2 tablespoon yellow sprinkles
Method
Citrus cupcakes
- 1Preheat oven to 180°C (60°C fan-forced). Line 6-hole texas (3/4 cup/180ml) or 12-hole standard (1/3 cup/80ml) muffin pan with paper cases.
- 2Combine seeds and milk in small bowl, stand 20 minutes.
- 3Beat butter, rinds, sugar and eggs in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- 4Stir in sifted flours, almond meal, juice and poppy seed mixture. Divide mixture among cases, smooth surface.
- 5Bake large cakes about 30 minutes, small cakes about 20 minutes. Turn cakes onto wire rack to cool.
- 6On surface dusted with sifted icing sugar, knead fondant until smooth. Reserve 100g of fondant, enclose in plastic wrap. Divide remaining fondant into three equal portions, tint green, orange and yellow by kneading in colouring. Wrap separately in plastic wrap.
- 7Roll each of the coloured portions to a thickness of 5mm. Cut out rounds large enough to cover tops of cakes. Brush tops of cakes with marmalade, position rounds on cakes.
- 8Roll reserved fondant into very thin lengths, cut off small pieces to represent seeds. Position lengths on top of cakes, using a little water, to represent segments.
- 9Fill segments with matching coloured sprinkles, position fondant seeds.
Notes
We used green, orange and yellow paper muffin cases to match the decorations of these lovely cakes.