Nonnettes
French for ‘little nuns’, these delicious little muffin-sized gingerbread cakes are made with honey and lots of spices, with a secret layer of marmalade within.
Ingredients
- Milk50 ml
Instructions
6 steps- 1
Preheat the oven to 200C/180C/Gas 6 and grease 8 of the holes in a 12-hole muffin tin.
- 2
Mix the butter, honey, milk, sugar and 100ml/3½fl oz of water together in a pan over a medium heat to dissolve the sugar and melt the butter.
- 3
Sift the flours with the baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, Chinese five-spice powder, ginger, nutmeg and mace in a bowl.
- 4
Stir the melted liquid mixture into the flour and spices while still warm and mix well.
- 5
Fill 8 of the muffin holes halfway then add a spoon of marmalade and top up each hole with the remaining mixture.
- 6
Bake for 20 minutes. Remove, cool and dust with icing sugar and sprinkle over the orange zest to decorate.
Nutrition
1 serving ≈ 100 g
Nutrition values are estimates. - means data is unavailable.
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