Chocolate Buns     Veg  CD  CBF   45mins

Makes 10 fairy cakes      Cold   Vegetarian  Cakes Baked Fayre 

Ingredients:

50g/2oz Self-Raising Flour

50g/2oz Caster Sugar

25g/1oz Cocoa Powder

50g/2oz Margarine

1 Egg, beaten

For the Butter Cream

100g/4oz Icing Sugar

50g/2oz Butter

1 teasp Vanilla Essence

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 190C, 375F, Gas mark 5 and place 10 paper fairy cake cases evenly on a baking tray. Sift the flour and cocoa on to a plate.

2. In a mixing bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar with a wooden spoon until the mixture is pale and fluffy. Add the egg to the creamed fat and sugar 2 tablespoons at a time, beating well after each addition.

3. Fold in half the flour and cocoa with a metal spoon, then add the remaining flour and cocoa and sufficient water to give a mixture soft enough to drop easily from the spoon when this shaken.

4. One third fill each paper case and bake towards the top of the oven for 15-20 minutes, until the buns are well-risen and firm to the touch.

5. Meanwhile, make the filling by creaming together the icing sugar and butter together with the vanilla essence.

6. Remove the cakes from the oven and cool on a wire rack. When they are cold, cut a round from the top of each with the pointed knife. Fill the hole with some butter cream mixture and pop the removed round back on.

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