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Recipe

Mixed-fruit patty cakes

Aug 31, 2011 2:00pm
  • 20 mins preparation
  • 20 mins cooking
  • Makes 24 Item
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Ingredients

Mixed-fruit patty cakes
  • 125 gram butter, chopped, at room temperature
  • 3/4 cup caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cup self-raising flour, sifted
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup sultanas or chopped dates
  • 1/4 cup chopped dried apricots
  • shredded coconut, toasted, to serve
Lemon icing
  • 2 cup icing sugar
  • 15 gram butter
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Method

Mixed-fruit patty cakes
  • 1
    Preheat oven to moderate, 180°C. Line two, 12-hole patty pans with paper patty cases. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla together in a large bowl using an electric mixer, until creamy.
  • 2
    Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, scraping down sides of bowl.
  • 3
    Lightly fold flour into creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour. Fold in fruit.
  • 4
    Spoon mixture into paper cases until 3/4 full. Bake for 15-20 minutes until cooked when tested. Cool in pans for 5 minutes, before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • 5
    Make Lemon Icing using method below.
  • 6
    Spread icing over cooled cakes. Sprinkle tops with coconut. Store in an airtight container.
Lemon icing
  • 7
    Sift icing sugar into a bowl. Add butter and enough juice to make icing a spreadable consistency.

Notes

永远不要把蛋糕平底锅超过2/3,很强t the mixture from spilling over during rising. If preferred, make 12 larger cup cakes using a muffin pan.

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