Butterfly buns recipe

If you want to turn it into a fun activity, the kids are going to love making these butterfly buns with you.

In just a few simple steps you can have these tasty butterfly cakes ready in 40 mins, so they’re quick to make as well as easy. This simple butterfly cake recipe is also a bake sale favourite, because they’re so simple to make.


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Ingredients

• 100g (4oz) caster sugar
• 100g (4oz) butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• 100g (4oz) self-raising flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 15ml (1tbsp) milk
• 50g (2oz) butter, softened
• 75g (3oz) icing sugar
• 2tbsp strawberry jam
• Icing sugar, for dusting

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 190C, gas 5. Line a muffin tray with 10 paper muffin cases.
2. Place the sugar, butter, eggs, flour, baking powder and milk in a large bowl and mix with an electric whisk until pale and creamy.
3. Divide the mixture between the muffin cases and bake for 15-20 mins until risen, golden and firm to the touch. Transfer to a cooling rack. Leave to cool.
4. To make the buttercream, place the butter in a bowl and sift over the icing sugar. Beat until smooth.
5. Slice the tops off each cake and fill the cavities with a little buttercream and jam. Cut each sliced top in half and arrange on top of the filling to resemble butterfly wings. Dust lightly with icing sugar.