Jewelled Butterfly Buns
Makes: 4
Ingredients
3 eggs
150g soft butter
150g caster sugar
150fg self raising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
I teaspoon cochineal or red food colouring
Decoration and filling
4 teaspoons raspberry jam
300ml double cream
150g cream cheese
25g icing sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
8 x glace cherries ( red, green or yellow)
4 x golden chocolate eggs or balls
Edible gold lustre spray
Method
Pre heat the oven 180°C / 160°C fan/ gas mark 5
Line 4 petit casseroles with a paper muffin case in each or line with parchment
- Place the eggs, butter, sugar, flour, baking powder and red food colouring in a bowl and mix well until the batter is smooth and drops off a spoon easily
- Divide the mixture between the 4 petit casseroles and place on a tray in the oven to bake for 25 – 30 minutes until a skewer comes out clean
- Remove from the casseroles and leave to cool. When cold slice the top off the cakes at the top of the paper case
- Cut the lid in half to make 2 wings
- Spread one teaspoon of jam over the top of each bun
- Make the filling by mixing together the double cream ,cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla until the mixture is thick and stand in soft peaks
- Pipe or spoon the cream mixture on top of the jam
- Place the 2 wings into the cream
- Pipe a row of cream between the two wings
- Decorate with glace cherries and gold balls to look like jewels
- Spray the buns with gold lustre