The Caker Files - #1
24 Apr 2011
Authors: jordan
Jordan Rondel, aka The Caker, shares with us her love of all things sweet...
Love buns are pretty impressive wee cakes. They comprise a lovely vanilla cake bottom half and a top half of Mr Whippy like meringe based icing. I like to keep the ratio of bun to gloriously glossy topping as even as possible and then watch people attempt to bite into them. When the topping sets, they become so gleaming and plasticky that they look like fake display cakes. To adapt my Love Buns to the Easter holiday, there's a surprise mini easter egg hidden in each one. So pretty and delicious!
jordan's beautiful easter love buns
Ingredients:
Buns:
125g butter
125g sugar
2 organic eggs
175g flour
2 tspn baking powder
1 tspn good vanilla extract
½ cup milk
12 small easter eggs
Topping:
2 organic egg whites
½ water
1 cup sugar
1/8 tspn cream of tartar
drop of vanilla extract
drop pink food colouring
Directions:
Cake:
cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy
beat in eggs, one at a time
sift through flour and baking powder and mix
well
add milk and vanilla
pour mixture into cupcake papers and place a
small easter egg in the centre of each one
bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for
45 minutes or until golden
Meringue frosting
whisk egg whites until soft peaks form
heat water and sugar in a saucepan until
sugar has dissolved and small bubbles appear add vanilla and cream of tartar
slowly pour hot water sugar mixture into the
egg whites while continuously beating
after 7 minutes the frosting should be
gleaming and sticky
add pink food colouring as desired
Here is a custard easter cake I found on rainbowcooking whilst searching for cute easter recipes...
visit The Caker for more recipes or to order an easter delight
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