Basic butterfly cakes

Serves: 10 (makes 10)

Time to make: 1 hr , including cooling

Ingredients

100g reduced-fat spread
100g (about ½ cup) castor sugar
2 eggs
few drops vanilla essence
100g (about ¾ cup) self-raising flour
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75g reduced-fat spread or reduced-fat cream cheese
175g (about 1 ¼ cup) icingfrostingX sugar, sifted
few drops vanilla essence
1 tablespoon skim milk
about 2 teaspoons icingfrostingX sugar, sifted

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Instructions

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1 Heat oven to 180°C. Place paper cases in 10 muffin tin holes.

2 With an electric mixer or a wooden or plastic flat spoon, cream spread and sugar together until light and fluffy.

3 Add eggs to the mixture, one at a time. Mix well after each addition.

4 Sift flour. Add to cake mixture with vanilla essence. Use a large spoon to gently fold in flour. Use a figure of eight movement to do this. Do not overmix.

5 Half fill each paper case with cake mixture. Bake in oven for about 15-20 minutes, or until well-risen and golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Prepare icing.

6 With a sharp knife, cut a round from the top of each cake. Cut this top in half. Pipe or spoon a little icing in each cake centre.

7 Arrange wings on top of icing. Dust with icing sugar.

Icing

1 Place reduced-fat spread in a bowl and beat until light and fluffy.

2 Gradually stir in icing sugar, vanilla essence and milk. Beat well until light and smooth. Use to ice cakes.

Variations

Icing

The reduced-fat spread can be replaced with a reduced-fat cream cheese and used in the same way.
Replace vanilla essence with a little orange, lime or lemon zest for a citrus flavour.
Replace vanilla essence with 2 teaspoons instant coffee dissolved in 1 tablespoon boiling water. Cool before adding to icing.
Replace vanilla essence with 1 tablespoon cocoa mixed with 2 tablespoons boiling water. Cool before adding to icing.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 258 cal

Kilojoules 1080 kJ

Protein 2 g

Total fat 12 g

Saturated fat 2 g

Carbohydrates 35 g

Sugar 28 g

Dietary fibre 1 g

Sodium 120 mg

Calcium 20 mg

Iron 0.5 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.