Spiced buns with carrot decoration
With a velvety crumb, these Easter buns can be decorated with cream cheese icing and citrus zest for enhanced flavour
SERVES
12
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
15
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
25
MINUTES
Ingredients
135g self-raising flour
90g golden caster sugar
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp ground ginger
150ml light olive oil
2 tsp vanilla
150g carrots, grated
2 eggs, lightly beaten
To decorate:
80g marzipan
natural orange and green food colouring
200g cream cheese
50g icing sugar, sieved
2 tsp honey
zest of 1 lemon
zest of 1 orange
1 tsp vanilla
Method
Preheat your oven to 180°C and pop 12 bun cases into a bun tin.
Stir the flour and sugar together and sieve in the baking powder and spices.
Add the oil, vanilla, and grated carrots and combine these. Add in the eggs and stir until everything is completely mixed together.
Divide into the bun cases and bake for about 25 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
Knead the orange colour through most of the marzipan. Knead the green into the remaining piece. Make mini carrots.
Whip the cream cheese, icing sugar, honey, zest, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
Spread the icing on the buns and pop a carrot onto each one.
