Name: Gift boxes
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 125 gram butter, chopped coarsely; 100 gram white eating chocolate, chopped coarsely; 2/3 cup (150g) firmly packed light brown sugar; 1/4 cup (90g) golden syrup (or treacle); 2/3 cup (160ml) milk; 1 cup (150g) plain (all-purpose) flour; 1/3 cup (50g) self-raising flour; 1 egg; Butter cream; 90 gram butter, softened; 1 cup icing sugar; 1 tablespoon milk; Decorations; 3m white ribbon; 12 licorice allsorts or fruit allsorts

Ingredients

125 gram butter, chopped coarsely

100 gram white eating chocolate, chopped coarsely

2/3 cup (150g) firmly packed light brown sugar

1/4 cup (90g) golden syrup (or treacle)

2/3 cup (160ml) milk

1 cup (150g) plain (all-purpose) flour

1/3 cup (50g) self-raising flour

1 egg

Butter cream

90 gram butter, softened

1 cup icing sugar

1 tablespoon milk

Decorations

3m white ribbon

12 licorice allsorts or fruit allsorts

Method

1.Preheat oven to 170°C/340°F. Line 12-hole (⅓ cup/80ml) muffin pan with paper cases.

2.Stir butter, chocolate, sugar, syrup and milk in small saucepan over low heat until smooth. Transfer mixture to medium bowl; cool 15 minutes.

3.Whisk sifted flours into chocolate mixture, then whisk in egg. Drop ¼ cups of mixture into paper cases.

4.Bake about 30 minutes. Stand cakes in pan 5 minutes before turning, top-side up, onto wire rack to cool.

5.To make butter cream, beat butter in small bowl with electric mixer until as white as possible; beat in sifted icing sugar and milk, in two batches. Tint butter cream yellow with food colouring.

6.Spread cold cakes with butter cream. Tie ribbon around licorice allsorts to make gifts. Position gift boxes in centre of each cake.

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