Name: Baby feet
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 65 min
Ingredients: 125 gram (4 ounces) butter, chopped coarsely; 100 gram (3½ ounces) 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 (3 ounces) butter, softened; 1 cup (240g) icing (confectioners') sugar; 1 tablespoon milk white food colouring; 12 yellow jelly beans; yellow writing icing

Ingredients

125 gram (4 ounces) butter, chopped coarsely

100 gram (3½ ounces) 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 (3 ounces) butter, softened

1 cup (240g) icing (confectioners') sugar

1 tablespoon milk white food colouring

12 yellow jelly beans

yellow writing icing

Method

1.Preheat oven to 170°C (150°C fan-forced). 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.

4.Drop ¼ cups of mixture into paper cases. 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 white with food colouring. Spread cold cakes with butter cream.

6.Split jelly beans in half lengthways, position on cakes. Use writing icing to pipe toes.

You can use any coloured jelly beans you like. Choose a writing icing to match the colour of the jelly beans.
Note

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