Name: Mini fruit mince cakes
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 1/3 cup (200g) self-raising flour; 1/3 cup (75g) firmly packed light brown sugar; 1 1/2 cup (440g) bought fruit mince; 1/2 cup (125ml) olive oil; 1/3 cup (80ml) milk; 1 egg; 250 gram white ready-made icing; 1/4 cup (40g) pure icing sugar; cachous, to decorate

Mini fruit mince cakes

You can whip up these mini fruit mince cupcakes in a flash with just 15 minutes baking time. They're a great addition to a festive spread at Christmas, and a welcome treat all year round!

Makes 40

Cook

15M

Ingredients

1 1/3 cup (200g) self-raising flour

1/3 cup (75g) firmly packed light brown sugar

1 1/2 cup (440g) bought fruit mince

1/2 cup (125ml) olive oil

1/3 cup (80ml) milk

1 egg

250 gram white ready-made icing

1/4 cup (40g) pure icing sugar

cachous, to decorate

Method

1.Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced). Line 40 holes of four 12-hole mini (20ml) muffin pans with paper cases.

2.Sift flour and brown sugar into a large bowl.

3.Whisk fruit mince, oil, milk and egg in a medium bowl until combined; stir into flour mixture until barely combined.

4.Drop level tablespoons of mixture into paper cases; bake about 15 minutes. Cool cakes in pans.

5.Knead icing on surface dusted with sifted icing sugar until smooth. Roll out icing until 3mm thick; cut out small stars with 1.5cm, 2cm and 3cm cutters. Brush a tiny amount of water onto backs of stars; position on cakes. Press cachous into centres of stars before icing dries.

Uniced cakes suitable to freeze. Not suitable to microwave.
Note

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