Ingredients
For the Cakes:
100 g sultanas
100 g raisins
25 g ground almonds
50 g chopped glace ginger
1 orange - grated rind
1 teaspoon mixed spice
2 teaspoons fresh orange juice, if needed
To Decorate:
50 g almond marzipan
75 g ready to roll icing
icing sugar for dusting
48 edible silver balls
Preparation
Put all ingredients (except orange juice) in a food processor and chop finely
If the mix is a little dry you can add all/some of the orange juice
Divide mixture into 8, using your hands shape into small cakes, about 4 cm square
Dust the work surface lightly with icing sugar and roll the marzipan out to a 16 cm x 7.5 cm rectangle
Cut out eight starts using a 4 cm star cutter
Drape one star over each cake
Roll out the icing and do the same, but drape the icing in the opposite way to the marzipan on each cake
Decorate each icing star with six silver balls
Store cakes in an airtight box till needed.
