BUTTERFLY BUNS

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Categories     Chocolate     Fruit     Kid-Friendly

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup self-raising flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon hot water
1/2 cup (divided) margarine
1/4 cup white sugar
1 recipe - 1 egg
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons cherry jam

Steps:

  • Preheat oven 350 F (175 degrees C). Line a 12-cup-muffin-pan with paper baking cups.
  • Cream 1/4 cup butter or margarine and white sugar together until pale yellow and fluffy. Gradually add small amounts of beaten egg, beating continuously. In a small bowl, combine cocoa powder and hot water. Stir cocoa mixture into batter. Fold in flour using figure eight movement.
  • If the mixture is too stiff, batter should slowly drop off spoon when lifted from bowl, add a small amount of water. Divide mixture into 12 muffin cups.
  • Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until well risen and firm to touch. Allow to cool.
  • Cream 1/4 cup butter or margarine until soft. Gradually add sifted confectioners sugar and vanilla extract. Mix cream filling until smooth.
  • Cut circles from tops of muffins, and halve these to resemble butterfly wings. Put a small amount of cherry jam in the cut out hole, and cover with a teaspoon of cream filling. Place the wing shapes into the cream filling curved side down.

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