Baking for Beginners: Brighton Buttons

In keeping with our Sussex theme, I give you Brighton Buttons. They’re little orangey melt-in-the-mouth morsels, sandwiched together with apricot jam. The original recipe said to use a piping bag, but who can bothered with that? Dollops with a teaspoon worked perfectly well for me.

Brighton Buttons (makes 12)

You’ll need:

• 120g butter, softened
• 30g icing sugar
• 120g plain flour
• Zest of 2 oranges
• A few tbsp apricot jam

Make them!

• Preheat the oven to 180c / gas 4.
• Cream together the butter and icing sugar. 
• Stir in the flour and zest. Mix well 
• Put 24 dollops of mixture onto a lined baking tray.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes until golden brown.
• Remove from oven and leave to cool on the tray.
• Once they’re cold, sandwich the cakes together in pairs with some apricot jam. Sprinkle with icing sugar if you’re feeling fancy.