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butterfly cakes

Butterfly Cakes

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Prep

25 mins

Bake

15-20 mins

Serves

12

Difficulty

Easy
butterfly cakes

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Dusted with icing sugar; these buttery, creamy butterfly cakes are beautiful to look at, and even tastier to eat. Ideal to serve for afternoon tea.

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Golden Caster

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Step 1

Preheat oven to 190C/170Cfan/gas 5.

Step 2

Combine the butter, Tate & Lyle Caster Sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, vanilla and orange rind in a bowl and beat together until well mixed and smooth. Add enough milk to make a soft dropping consistency.

Step 3

Place 12 paper cake cases in a twelve-hole bun tin, then divide the cake mixture between the cases and cook for 15-20 minutes, or until well risen and golden. Cool on a wire rack.

Step 4

To make the buttercream, put all the ingredients into a bowl and beat until smooth and creamy. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a medium sized nozzle.

Step 5

When the cakes are cold cut a slice from the top of each, and cut in half to form the wings. Pipe a little buttercream on top of each cake, then arrange the 2 wings of each to resemble butterfly wings. Dust with the Icing Sugar and serve. GET THE KIDS INVOLVED!

Step 6

Ask the kids to pop the wings on top of the buttercream!

Ingredients – 8 items

Serving

1

For the cake

Butter

Butter

Softened

100g
Pure Cane Caster Sugar

Tate & Lyle Pure Cane Caster Sugar

100g
Eggs

Large eggs

Beaten

2
Flour

Self raising flour

Sifted

150g
Baking-powder

Baking powder

1 tsp
Orange-zest

Orange zest

Finely grated rind

Half of an orange
Milk

Milk

2 tbsp

For the buttercream

Butter

Unsalted butter, softened

75g
Fairtrade Cane Icing Sugar

Tate & Lyle Icing Sugar

175g
Milk

Milk

2 tbsp

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