Christmas cake cupcakes

Name: Christmas cake cupcakes
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 200g dark muscovado sugar; 175g butter chopped; 700g luxury mixed dried fruit; 50g glacé cherries; 2 tsp grated fresh root ginger; zest and juice 1 orange; 100ml dark rum brandy or orange juice; 85g/3oz pecan nuts, roughly chopped; 3large eggs beaten; 85g ground almond; 200g plain flour; ½ tsp baking powder; 1 tsp mixed spice; 1 tsp cinnamon; 400g pack ready-rolled marzipan (we used Dr Oetker); 4 tbsp warm apricot jam or shredless marmalade; 500g pack fondant icing sugar; icing sugar for dusting; 6 gold and 6 silver muffin cases; 6 gold and 6 silver sugared almonds; snowflake sprinkles