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Honey butterfly cakes with honey-butter frosting

Ingredients

  • 100g polyunsaturated spread
  • 100g set honey
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 120g self-raising flour
  • For the frosting
  • 50g butter, softened
  • 100g icing sugar
  • 2 tbsp set honey
  • 2 tsp juice of organic or unwaxed lemon

Makes 8-9, takes 30 minutes

  1. Make the frosting by creaming the butter and icing sugar. Beat in the honey and lemon juice and refrigerate to firm for up to an hour before use.
  2. Put nine individual paper cake cases in a bun tin and preheat the oven to 180˚C/fan 160˚C/gas 4.
  3. Cream the spread, honey and vanilla extract together until completely combined.
  4. Gradually beat in the eggs. If the mixture curdles (separates), add a little of the flour.
  5. Fold in the flour and spoon into the paper cake cases. Bake for 20 minutes until risen and golden. Transfer to a wire cooling tray until cold.
  6. Cut off the risen tops of the buns and put a teaspoonful of frosting on top. Halve the tops to make butterfly wings and stick on top of the buns.

One comment

  1. It would be helpful to tell us how many calories there are in your recipes – and ofcourse all the other components like fat and sugar, etc…
    thanks, Sandie

    Comment by SANDIE on 10 March 2010 at 7:50 pm

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