Lemon & lavender fondant fancies
Elegant sponge squares that are petite and pretty as a picture - impress with light flavours and silky butter icing
Difficulty and servings
Makes 16
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 1 hr
Cook 45 mins
plus chilling and setting
- Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line a 20cm square tin with baking parchment. Put the butter, sugar, eggs, yogurt, flour and baking powder in a large bowl and beat with an electric whisk until smooth. Tip into your cake tin and smooth the top. Bake for 45-50 mins until risen and golden, and a skewer inserted comes out clean. Leave to cool for 10 mins in the tin, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Grind the lavender to a powder using a pestle and mortar. To make the butter icing, beat the butter and icing sugar together until pale and fluffy. Divide the mixture into 2 bowls, add the lemon zest to one batch and the lavender to the other, then mix each to combine. Transfer the icings to 2 piping bags.
- When the sponge has completely cooled, use a large serrated knife to remove the top and give you a flat surface. Flip the cake over so the flattest side becomes the top. Carefully trim off the edges, then cut the sponge into 16 squares. Use a ruler if you want them to be the same size. Brush the top and sides of each sponge square with a little jam. Pipe a small dome of butter icing onto each sponge, 8 with lavender icing and 8 with lemon. Chill the cakes for at least 1 hr.
- Sieve the fondant icing sugar into a large bowl, and add enough water to make a thick but pourable icing. Spoon a little white icing into a sandwich bag or piping bag to use later. Divide the remaining icing into 2 bowls, dye one batch lemon yellow and the other pale lilac.
- Remove the sponges from the fridge and transfer to a wire rack, sitting the rack on a tray to catch any drips. Spoon a little icing over each sponge, lilac for the lavender-flavoured fancies and yellow for the lemon. Use a small palette knife to spread the icing down the sides of the sponge to completely cover each one. Leave to set for 30 mins, then cover the cakes with a second layer of icing to give a smooth surface. Drizzle the white icing over the cakes and decorate with a little lemon zest and lavender buds. Leave to set for 1 hr at room temperature before serving. Will last 2-3 days in a tin.
PER FANCY
526 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 92g, fat 16 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 1g, sugar 81g, salt 0,5 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2013.
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Ingredients
- 175g butter , softened, plus extra for greasing
- 250g caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 100g full-fat natural yogurt
- 275g plain flour
- 1½ tsp baking powder
FOR THE BUTTER ICING
- 1 tsp dried lavender , plus a little to decorate
- 100g butter
- 100g icing sugar
- zest 1 lemon , plus a little to decorate
FOR THE FONDANT ICING
- 8 tbsp apricot jam , sieved and heated in the microwave until runny
- 1kg pack fondant icing sugar
- yellow and purple food colouring
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Difficulty and servings
Makes 16
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 1 hr
Cook 45 mins
plus chilling and settingIngredients
- 175g butter , softened, plus extra for greasing
- 250g caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 100g full-fat natural yogurt
- 275g plain flour
- 1½ tsp baking powder
FOR THE BUTTER ICING
- 1 tsp dried lavender , plus a little to decorate
- 100g butter
- 100g icing sugar
- zest 1 lemon , plus a little to decorate
FOR THE FONDANT ICING
- 8 tbsp apricot jam , sieved and heated in the microwave until runny
- 1kg pack fondant icing sugar
- yellow and purple food colouring
PER FANCY
526 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 92g, fat 16 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 1g, sugar 81g, salt 0,5 g
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