Saturday, 14 March 2009

Chocolate cherry buns










Makes 16 large buns

For the buns
12oz margarine
12oz golden caster sugar
6 large free range eggs
10oz self raising flour

2oz cocoa powder

2 tspn baking powder
6oz milk chocolate, chopped

2oz glace cherries, chopped


For the butter cream
3oz butter, room temperature
9oz icing sugar

2 tbsp kirsh

1 drop red food colouring


  1. Pre-heat oven to 160C & put muffin cases into a deep muffin tray
  2. Cream the sugar & margarine together until fluffy
  3. Sieve the flour, cocoa & baking powder into the mixture, add the eggs & beat together until smooth
  4. Stir in the chocolate chunks & cherries
  5. Use a spoon to put approximately 2 dessert spoons into each muffin case
  6. Bake for 20-25mins, when fully cooked they will sound hollow when tapped on the base
  7. Leave on a wire rack to cool
  8. To make the cherry butter cream, mix all the ingredients together with a fork until smooth
  9. When fully cool cut the tops off the cakes, put 1 teaspoon of lemon butter cream into the gap & place the removed pieces of cake back on top like a lid
  10. Store in an airtight container

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