Baking Recipes - Butterfly Cakes Recipe

  
 

Baking Recipes - Butterfly Cakes Recipe

Ingredients

Makes 16

  • 125 g/4 oz butter

  • 125 g/4 oz caster sugar

  • 2 eggs, beaten

  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 125 g/4 oz self-raising flour

Butter icing:

  • 50 g/2 oz butter, softened

  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 125 g/4 oz icing sugar, sifted

Method:

  1. Put paper cases into 16 bun tins. Beat together the butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Gradually beat in the eggs and vanilla extract. Sift the flour and fold into the creamed mixture.

  2. Divide the cake mixture among the paper cases and bake in a preheated oven, 190°C (375°F), Gas Mark 5, for 15-20 minutes. Turn on to a wire rack to cool.

  3. Beat the ingredients for the butter icing until smooth. Cut a small circular slice from the top of each cake, then cut this in half to form wings.

  4. Spoon or pipe the butter icing on to the top of the cakes, then set the wings on top and pipe a little more icing around them.