Ingredients
| BISCUITS | |
| 250g unsalted butter, softened | |
| 80g icing sugar | |
| finely grated zest of 1 lemon, 1 lime or ½ orange | |
| 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste | |
| 225g plain flour | |
| ½ teaspoon baking powder | |
| 100g custard powder | |
| ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt | |
| PASSIONFRUIT BUTTERCREAM | |
| 100g unsalted butter, softened | |
| 200g icing sugar | |
| 1½ tablespoons fresh passionfruit pulp | |
| 1 teaspoon lemon, lime or orange juice |
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Instructions
| 1. | For the biscuits, place the butter, sugar, zest and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment and beat until light and fluffy. |
| 2. | In a separate mixing bowl, place the flour, baking powder, custard powder and salt and use a hand whisk to combine. |
| 3. | Add the dry ingredients to the creamed butter and sugar, mixing briefly to a soft dough. |
| 4. | Set the dough aside in the bowl for 15-30 minutes somewhere cool (in the fridge if it is hot) to firm up a little before shaping. |
| 5. | While the dough is resting, preheat the oven to 150°C fan-forced and line two baking sheets with baking paper. |
| 6. | When the dough has rested, use your hands to roll it into balls (about 2 teaspoons of dough per ball). |
| 7. | Place the balls on the trays, spaced out a little as they will spread while cooking, and flatten them slightly with the back of a fork. |
| 8. | Bake in the preheated oven for 14-18 minutes or until the biscuits are cooked and just starting to colour. |
| 9. | Allow the biscuits to cool on the trays for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely before filling. |
| 10. | While the biscuits are cooling, make the passionfruit buttercream by placing all the ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment and beating until light and fluffy. |
| 11. | Sandwich the biscuits together generously with passionfruit buttercream. |
| 12. | Allow the filling to firm slightly before serving, or eat straight away, buttercream squidging gleefully out the sides! |
This is an edited
extract from Handfuls
of Sunshine by Tilly
Pamment. Published
by Murdoch Books,
$45. Photography,
recipes and styling
by Tilly Pamment.