At Brackenhill we are celebrating National Desert Day by baking our own cakes. Yep it’s the day when you can gorge yourself with luxury or simple desserts and not feel bad!

To celebrate why not bake your own cakes for the office by following our simple yet yummy recipe below.

Once you have baked them why not show us how you got on and email your pictures to info@thebrackenhillgroup.com

Happy baking!

Fancy Buns

You will need
110g butter or margarine
110g caster sugar
2 medium size eggs
140g plain flour – sieved
1/4 tsp vanilla essence
1/4 tsp baking powder
Baking cases

Icing
100g icing sugar
2 tsp boiling water
1 dash of edible food colouring, optional
1 handful of sweets for decoration

Method

1. Pre-heat oven to 190°C/400°F/Gas Mark 4. Place the baking cases into a bun tin.
2. Cream together the butter and sugar untill light and fluffy.
3. Gradually beat in the eggs and vanilla, if the mixture starts to curdle, add a little flour.
4. Fold in the remaining flour and the baking powder with a metal spoon.
5. Place spoonfuls of the mixture into the baking cases and bake for 7-10 minutes until well risen and firm to the touch. Remove from oven, leave to cool on a cooling rack.
6. For the icing: sieve the sugar in a bowl and add enough water to make a coating consistency icing.
7. Spoon onto the cakes and level off with a palette knife dipped in boiling water.
8. Decorate with sweets before the icing sets.
9. Alternatively to make coloured sugar: sieve 100g of icing sugar into a bowl and add a few drops of food colouring.
10. Sieve the sugar two or three times more, or untill the food colouring has tinted the sugar.
11. Dip the top of the soft-iced bun into the coloured sugar and leave to set.

Makes: approx. 12

Prep: 15min
Cook: 10min