Boston bun
Ingredients
• 1 cup warm mashed potato
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 2 cups self-raising flour
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• 1 cup sultanas
• 1 cup milk
• Extra self-raising flour, to dust
• 2 Tbsp desiccated coconut
• Soft butter, to serve (optional)
Icing
• 30g butter, room temperature
• 1 cup pure icing sugar mixture
• 1 Tbsp warm milk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• Pink food colouring (optional)
Method
-
Preheat oven to 200°C. Draw an 18cm round circle on baking paper. Turn paper over and use to line an oven tray. Put potato and sugar in a bowl and stir until well combined and sugar has dissolved. Sift flour and spices over potato mixture. Add sultanas and milk, then stir to form a stiff mixture. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and gently knead until smooth. Do not over-mix.
-
Transfer to prepared tray, forming into a round dome shape within marked circle. Bake for 25 minutes or until cooked through when tested with a skewer. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
-
Meanwhile, to make icing, put butter, icing sugar, milk and vanilla in a small bowl and beat, using an electric mixer, until well combined and smooth. Add pink food colouring, if using, 1 drop at a time until desired colour. Spread icing thickly onto cold bun, leaving a 3cm border around edge. Sprinkle with desiccated coconut. Slice and serve at room temperature. Spread with soft butter, if you like.
