This recipe has been taken from Allyson Gofton 

Ingredients

 

½ cup dark brown sugar
¼ cup honey rewarewa
75 grams butter, softened
2 eggs
1 cup self-rising flour
¼ cup whisky 

Syrup

 

¼ cup whisky
1/4 cup honey

Icing

 

75 grams butter, softened
1 cup icing sugar
Grated rind 2 lemons

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Method

 

Beat the sugar, honey, butter and eggs together until thick and creamy.
Fold in the sifted flour with the whisky.
Divide evenly among 4 or 5, small cake tins (see cook’s tip).
To make the syrup warm the whisky and honey to combine.
Bake at 160 degrees celsius for 25 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
Remove from the oven and pierce each cake several times with a skewer and pour about 2 tblsp syrup over each cake.
Allow to cool in the tins before turning out.
Wrap each cake in a little paper and tie with string.
Pipe the icing on top and decorate as wished.
Serve with yoghurt and or whipped cream.

Icing: Beat the butter, icing sugar and lemon rind together until light and fluffy.

Cooks tips:

 

Use 7-8cm small cake tins or muffin tins can be used in place of small cake tins. The mixture will make 4 texas-sized-muffin cakes or 6 standard-muffin-sized cakes.