Hot cross bun cupcakes - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 100ml whole milk
• 175g unsalted butter
• 175g self-raising flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 175g light soft brown sugar
• 2 tsp mixed spice
• 100g ground almonds
• 3 large eggs, beaten, at room temperature
• zest ¾ orange
• 100g raisins, sultanas or a mix of both
• 1 medium eating apple, peeled then grated
• 1 tbsp apricot jam, warmed with a splash of water
• zest ¼ orange
• 50g full-fat cream cheese
• 50g icing sugar
• 25g butter, softened
• ¼ tsp mixed spice