Who needs mince pies when you can have mince cakes? Although the recipe calls for extra raisins and sugar these cakes aren’t as sweet as mince pies and are much lighter. The mincemeat gives them a richer taste than normal sponge cake.
Sorry to those who think it’s a bit early to be posting festive recipes. I usually have a rule not to start thinking about Christmas until we hit December but I made these for Sophie’s Pre-School Christmas Fair this weekend so I feel like the season is nearly upon us.
These cakes are amazingly easy to make. I’d weighed out the ingredients, combined the mixture and divided it between the cake cases in the time it took my oven to warm up. It’s an ideal recipe to make with kids (though let’s be honest it would take at least twice as long 😂) but I made them on my own this time as I had some spare time while the young’uns were out at school and preschool.
Although *most* of these went to the Christmas Fair I kept enough back for a taste test, which they passed with flying colours.
Ingredients
Makes 15 cakes
- 125g flour
- 175g mincemeat
- 75g margarine
- 75g caster sugar
- 125g raisins
- 1 egg
Method
- Heat the oven to 180°C.
- Measure all the ingredients into a mixing bowl, sifting the sugar and flour to get rid of any lumps and to get some air into the mixture.
- Mix with a wooden spoon (no need to get the electric whisk out).
- Put paper cases in a cake tray and spoon out the mixture into each case.
- Cook for 20 minutes. When they are ready the cakes will be golden and your kitchen will smell lovely. If in doubt, test a cake by sticking a sharp knife in it – if it comes out clean then they are ready.
- Take the cakes out of the cake tray and cool on a cooling rack.
These cakes will stay fresh for a few days in an airtight container.
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Mince cakes sound interesting, might have to try
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Mince cakes are the new mince pies in our house now 😊
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What a great idea, they sound delicious x
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Thanks Cat, we think so xx
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This is such a yummy idea!
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Thanks. We like them so much I’m planning to make them again this weekend
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These sound delicious! Will definitely be trying them out- thank you for sharing. #thechristmaslinky
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Thanks. I hope you like them as much as we do
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Thank you for sharing! These look yummy! #thechristmaslinky
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My pleasure 😀
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I think my hatred for mince pies outweighs my love for cakes with this one. I’m not sure I’m brave enough to try but I have some family who would love these. #thesatsesh
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Well they are a lot less sweet than mince pies bit at the end of the day they do still have mince meat in them so they’re probably not for you 😊. Thanks for reading, though x
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I have never heard of mince cakes, make a good alternative to mince pies #satsesh@_karendennis
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Thanks Karen, I wanted do do something with mincemeat that wasn’t mince pies again x
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Oooh I’ve got a jar of mincemeat in the cupboard so may try and make these instead of mincepies as I’m sure my lot would prefer them! Thanks so much for linking up to #thesatsesh. Hope to have you back again with us in 2018 xx
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I hope you enjoy them, we made some more today (Christmas tree is going to have to wait til next weekend, tho). Will definitely join you next year, hope to have more time to read other posts then too ☺
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Ooh, I’m going to try these! (Can I use butter instead of marg?). I was going to make mince pies, but I think these would be more popular at home, so thanks for sharing! #thesatsesh
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Thanks Kel. Yes, you could definitely use butter in these but I’d soften it in the microwave for a few seconds if you’re going to mix it by hand. I hope you all enjoy them xx
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