Amaretto Bakewell Buns

One of my favourite 'treats' (I'm not going to lie, there are many - sssh, secrets) is bakewell tarts - they are just perfect. 

Almonds ✓

Cake ✓

Icing ✓ 

Cherries  ✓

Yum ✓

Anyway, I really wanted to bake some.. but I was missing most of the ingredients so, I improvised and this is what happened! They were delicious. Go make them...right now. 

First, preheat the oven to 180°C and line a muffin tin with cupcake cases, now go!

Buns

150g butter

150g caster sugar

100g self-raising flour

3 eggs

½ tsp baking powder

60g ground almonds

1 tbsp amaretto liqueur

• beat the butter with a paddle attachment until its soft and creamy.
• add the sugar, flour, eggs, baking powder, almonds and liqueur and beat until smooth.
• spoon the mixture into each case (approximately 12) and bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
• leave to cool on a wire rack while you prepare the icing.

Icing

250g icing sugar

3 tbsp amaretto liqueur

12 halved walnuts

4 tbsp jam 

• sift the icing sugar into a bowl and add the liqueur to form a thick icing, be careful not to add too much liquid as it will become runny and difficult to reverse (see above ha-ha). 
• using an apple-corer remove the centre of each cake and fill with jam.
• add the icing with a teaspoon and top each cake with a walnut - enjoy! 

PS - I am 100% going to try out cherry bakewell buns or maybe even tarts, we'll see. Either way, it'll be yummy! 

♥ ♥

Wendy

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