Boston Bun with Bakery-Style Frosting
Who would have thought you could make a Boston Bun with Bakery-Style Frosting quick and easily at home? Well you can! And I may have a secret ingredient or 2 that makes this bun even better than store-bought!
Ingredients
Boston Bun
- ½ cup mashed potato from 1 medium boiled potato
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup mixed dried fruit
- 1 cup self raising flour
- pinch salt
Bakery Style Frosting
- 100 g Copha melted and cooled, but still runny
- 200 g pure icing sugar
- 25 ml water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup shredded coconut or sprinkles, mini choc chips etc.
Instructions
Boston Bun
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/160°FF
- Grease a 20cm loaf tin with butter
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the potato, sugar and half of the milk until smooth
- Add flour, salt and the rest of the milk and combine
- Stir through the mixed fruit
- Place mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 20-25 minutes, until golden.
- Turn onto a cooling rack and prepare the frosting
Bakery Style Frosting
- While the Boston Bun cools, melt the copha in the microwave for a minute or 2
- When the bun and the copha have cooled, make the frosting
- In the stand of a bowl mixer, with a beater attachment, mix the icing sugar and copha
- Gradually add the water and continue to beat for around 5 minutes. The mixture will go lumpy and look like a hot mess, but it will come together and be super fluffy!
- Add the vanilla and mix through
- Use an offset spatula or large butter knife to decorate the bun with the frosting
- Sprinkle on shredded coconut
- Slice, spread with butter and enjoy!