Easy Peasy Sugar Butterflies Recipes

SIMPLE BUTTERFLY CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C (fan)/200C (electric)/Gas mark 6
• Lay out 12 cake cases in a bun tin
• Mix the sugar, flour and baking powder together
• Add the butter/margarine and eggs
• Whisk all of it together
• Using a teaspoon, fill the cake cases with the mixture (be sure to give them a fair amount)
• Put the tray in the oven for around 15 mins or until they are golden brown
• Take them out of the oven and place on a cooling rack
• Make the icing by whisking the butter and half the sugar together, once they are mixed add the rest of the sugar and a dash of milk, continue whisking
• Use a sharp knife to cut a upside-down, shallow cone shape out the top of the cake, cut this in half. Fill the hole in the cake with icing and then place the cut out cake on top (like wings.) Sprinkle some icing sugar on top of your cakes

EASY-PEASY SUGAR BUTTERFLIES

Steps:

• Heat oil to very hot in deep fryer or large pot.
• Place skins on work area and keep covered with tea towel so they don't dry out.
• Working one at a time, place skin down in a diamond pattern.
• With a sharp knife, make a straight slit of about 1/2 inch(like a 1) in the center of skin.
• Pick wonton up in left hand, take right tip with right hand and push down through slit. Reach behind slit with left hand gently holding tip. Take hold of left tip of diamond and pull to the right while pulling first tip at the same time. (reverse if you are a lefty).
• The middle will be wrinkly. As each is done, place under a slightly moist tea towel so they don't dry out.
• You can practice doing this first on a paper napkin. After doing a few, it becomes very easy.
• Fry quickly in batches until golden brown.
• Drain on brown paper bags.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar when just slightly warm. Another way is to put sugar in a paper bag, add four of five wontons, shake gently.
• Remember to allow time to drain or sugar will get clumpy.