Lemon Butterfly Cakes

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In the name of Allah the most gracious the most merciful.

It seems today is the day for baking.  Saffiyah found a small recipe leaflet from Sainsburys that she had picked up quite a while back and decided she wanted to try it out, fortunately we had all the ingredients bar the lemon curd so I made a substitute, I also made an alteration to the icing recipe as I knew it wouldn't be firm enough otherwise.

Ingredients

• 120g margarine
• 120g caster sugar (I use granulated)
• 2 medium sized eggs
• Zest of one lemon
• 120g Self-raising flour

For the filling

• 150g margarine
• Juice of half a lemon
• 100g icing sugar
• A small spoon of fresh marmalade for each cupcake.

1. Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4 and line a cupcake tray with paper cases.
2. Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy in a large mixing bowl. Gradually add the eggs (already lightly beaten) until all the mixture is combined.
3. Stir in the zest and flour until the mixture becomes like a smooth batter.
4. Divide the mixture equally between the 12 cases.
5. Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
6. Remove from the oven and place on a cooking rack.
7. Once cooled, cut a small circle from the top of each cupcake, saving each circle.
8. Place a spoonful of fresh marmalade into each hole in the top of the cupcakes.
9. Add a swirl (or spoonful in Saffiyah's case) of the icing to cover the marmalade.
10. Cut each slices circle in half and place into the icing to form butterfly wings.
11. Sprinkle with icing sugar (we didn't do this as they were plenty sweet enough).