56. Butterfly Buns

These were an impromptu bake after promising cake to a friend who was visiting with her baby. With a short timescale and small window of opportunity in which to bake something, I at first thought of knocking up a Victoria Sandwich, but really wanted to do something else from the book. Happily I stumbled across these and knew they'd be pretty straightforward.
The first part was easy; following the all-in-one method, they were all mixed and in the oven within half an hour. Once cooled, I set to work on the icing. Husband had stolen one, so I reduced the amount of icing, but even then there seemed like an enormous amount for a dozen small buns! I used 300g of icing sugar (and made a right dusty mess of the kitchen, I can tell you)! The icing needed to be piped onto the buns once their tops had been sliced off and halved to make butterfly wings. 

Husband requested I added some jam to some of the buns, which I thought was a rather splendid idea. I did try to pipe generously, but was still left with lots of buttercream in the piping bag. Nothing for it but to squeeze it into my own cake-hole and worry about what effect the sugar might have on me just before bed! I decided to omit the dusting of icing sugar over the top; aesthetically a lovely idea, but one really can have too much sweetness.
Baker's verdict: easy to make; very tasty. Went down well with everyone who tried them. Especially the ones with jam added.
Husband rating: 7/10 - nice sponge bun cake thing; bit too much buttercream for me but other than that, quite enjoyable.