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Butterfly Cakes

Yields25 ServingsTotal Time20 mins

Quick, simple and delicious butterfly cakes, your children will love helping to make these light and fluffy cakes.

BUTTERFLY CAKES

 125 g PURE SPREAD
 125 g CASTER SUGAR
 125 g SELF-RAISING FLOUR
 1 tsp BAKING POWDER
 2 LARGE EGGS, BEATEN
 3 tbsp SOYA OR RICE MILK
FOR THE ICING:
 100 g PURE SPREAD
 100 g ICING SUGAR, PLUS EXTRA FOR DUSTING
 3 tbsp STRAWBERRY JAM
1

Preheat the oven to 200°C, gas mark 6. Line the bun tin with 12 paper bun cases.

2

Put the Pure spread, caster sugar, self-raising flour and baking powder in the bowl of a food processor with the beaten eggs and blend for 20 to 30 seconds until smooth.

3

Add the milk and blend for another 5 seconds until smooth and creamy. Spoon the cake mixture equally between the 12 paper cases.

4

Bake in the centre of the oven for 12 to 15 minutes until golden brown, risen in the centre and spring back when gently pressed in the centre.

5

Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack.

For the icing:
6

Put the Pure spread and icing sugar into the bowl of a food processor and blend for 10 seconds until soft and creamy.

7

Carefully cut a circle out of the top of each cake. Cut each circle in half to create two semi-circles (butterfly wings).

8

Fill a piping bag with the icing and pipe a large swirl in the centre of each cake.

9

Put the two semi-circles of cake either side of the icing to create wings and spoon over a drizzle of strawberry jam. Dust with icing sugar.

10

Tip: To test that your butterfly cakes are cooked throughout, insert a skewer or cocktail stick into the centre of each cake, if the skewer/stick comes out clean then the cakes are ready. If there is still a mixture present, bake for a further 5 minutes and repeat the test.

Nutrition Facts

25 servings

Serving size

25