Lemon buttercream sandwiched between delicate biscuits makes the perfect accompaniment to your afternoon cup of tea. A classic in the same league as a monte carlo or iced vovo – these melt-in-your-mouth biscuits are always an afternoon tea favourite.
Ingredients
- 250 gram butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1/2 cup (80g) icing sugar mixture
- 1 1/2 cup (225g) plain flour
- 1/2 cup (75g) cornflour
- 1 tablespoon icing sugar mixture, extra
- 80 gram butter
- 2/3 cup (110g) icing sugar mixture
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160°C.
- Beat butter, essence and sifted icing sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Stir in combined sifted flours in two batches. With lightly floured hands, roll 2-level-teaspoon portions of mixture into balls and place about 3cm apart on baking-paper-lined oven trays. Flatten slightly with a floured fork.
- Bake about 15 minutes or until biscuits are a pale-straw colour. Stand 5 minutes before lifting onto wire racks to cool.
- For butter cream, beat butter, sifted icing sugar and rind in small bowl with electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Beat in juice.
- Sandwich two biscuits together with a teaspoon of butter cream to serve. Dust with sifted extra icing sugar.
