Caryna’s Cardamom Sour Cream Buns

Tue, 17 June 2025

Caryna’s Cardamom Sour Cream Buns

Makes 12 buns

Ingredients:

For the buns:

• 200g sour cream or creme fraiche
• 1 large free-range egg, beaten
• 175g caster sugar
• 225g plain flour
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ground cardamom
• Pinch of salt

For the icing:

• 40g sour cream
• 230g icing sugar, sifted

 

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.

2. Line a muffin tin with bun cases.

3. Mix together the egg, sour cream and sugar (this is your wet mix).

4. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, cardamom and salt. Add to the wet mix and gently fold together until just combined.

5. Divide the batter among 12 bun cases and bake for 15- 20 minutes.

6. Let the buns rest for 5 minutes before removing from the tin and cooling completely.

7. Make the icing by mixing the sour cream and icing sugar. Top each bun with some icing and enjoy!