Butterfly Cakes

Yesterday,having excelled myself at lunch time, I realized that there was no cake for Sunday tea! This is rather a crime in our house these days, so I knocked up some butterfly cakes! Also, one of our guests had shown an interest in seeing my mixer, so what better than to put it to work.
These were so quick to make, and were lovely and light. Unfortunately our friends didn't get to taste them as they had to leave  while they were cooling, but I can assure them, they were very tasty!
My only comment on the recipe is that there is far too much icing for one batch of cakes. I would probably use half as much. Also, Ellie and I just spooned the mixture in rather than piping it, since it was only for family. We gave them 8.5