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Snowball rock cakes

Snowball Rock Cakes

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Prep

15 min

Bake

12 mins

Serves

24

Difficulty

Easy
Snowball rock cakes

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Dusted with icing sugar to give a snowy finish, these rock cakes are sandwiched together with a soft, creamy filling. A delicious delicacy to nibble, on those cosy nights in.

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Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180C/160Cfan/gas 4.

Step 2

Grease two baking sheets.

Step 3

Cut the butter into small pieces and put into a bowl with the flour. Rub together with your fingertips until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs. You can also do this in a food processor.

Step 4

Stir in the spice, Tate & Lyle Light Soft Brown Sugar and dried fruits and mix. Now add the Lyle’s Golden Syrup, egg and stir in enough milk to make a stiff dough. Place heaped teaspoons on the baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes until golden brown. Transfer to a Cooling rack.

Step 5

Beat the butter, Tate & Lyle Icing Sugar and milk together until smooth. Then, using a small palette knife spread a little on half of the rock cakes and place another on top.

Step 6

Dust with Icing sugar when assembled.

Ingredients – 9 items

Serving

1

For the Snowball Rock Cakes

Butter

Unsalted butter

75 g
Flour

Self raising flour

175 g

Mixed spice

1 tsp
Fairtrade Light Brown Soft

Tate & Lyle Fairtrade Light Soft Brown Cane Sugar

50 g
Dried cranberries

Dried cranberries

50 g
Dried apricots

Apricots

50 g
Lyle's-golden-syrup

Lyle’s Golden Syrup

1 tbsp
Eggs

Large eggs

1
Milk

Milk

2 tbsp

For the Buttercream

Butter

Unsalted butter, softened

50 g
Fairtrade Cane Icing Sugar

Fairtrade Tate & Lyle Icing Sugar

100 g
Milk

Milk

2 tsp

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