It’s official, the Christmas period is over. How sad. But if like me you have various Christmassy left overs and still want the joy of eating delicious spiced cakes, I have the perfect recipe for you, courtesy of Lucas Hollweg from Sunday Times Style. This recipe was published before Christmas and I tried it as an alternative to mince pies. I am never disappointed with cakes that are baked using ground almonds and mixed with delicious mincemeat and Christmassy spices, this recipe is a winner. The original recipe included an orange cream and mincemeat topping but I swapped this for a dusting of icing sugar and grated orange peel and incorporated more mincemeat into the cake batter. I also adjusted the baking time – mine were in the oven for 25 minutes. Ingredients Makes 12 175g butter, plus extra for greasing 250g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting 150g ground almonds 60g plain flour Finely grated zest of 1 lemon 2 tsp ground cinnamon 5 medium egg whites 12 tbsp best-quality mincemeat Thin shreds of …