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Butterfly buns with lemon, raspberry and passionfruit icing
Photo: Ernest Porzi

Butterfly buns with lemon, raspberry and passionfruit icing

16 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Makes 12 butterfly cakes openrecipes

Cause a flutter at teatime by serving these dainty butterfly cakes made with three kinds of fruity icing.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

823
Calories
22g
Protein
24g
Fat
128g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Raspberry 1 cup (123g) 64
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Passion Fruit not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 175g/6oz butter
  • 175g/6oz caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 4 free-range eggs
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 175g/6oz plain flour
  • 250g/9oz double cream
  • 100ml/3½fl oz lemon curd
  • , for dusting icing sugar
  • 250g/9oz caster sugar
  • 5 free-range egg whites
  • 100g/3½oz butter
  • ½ tsp pink food colouring
  • 100g/3½oz fresh raspberries
  • ½ tsp yellow food colouring
  • 3 passion fruit

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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