A COLONIAL BOSTON BUN

This recipe for a colonial boston bun incorporates 1/2 cup of cooked mashed potato. You need to use a potato that is suited to mashing ( all rounder ) . Preheat your oven to 160 deg C . Grease a 20 cm round cake pan and line with baking paper . Using your electric mixer cream together 1/2 cup of cold mashed potato with 1/2 cup of raw sugar , making sure the mixture is free of any lumps . Now add 125ml of milk ( 1/2 cup ) along with a heaped cup of s.r flour (firmly packed ), use your mixture to mix . Finally stir through 3/4 cup of sultanas and place the mixture in the prepared pan and carefully smooth over . Place in the preheated oven for 30 minutes or until golden . Icing .... Mix together 1 cup of icing sugar (125gm ) in a small bowl with 15gm ( 1 dsp ) of melted butter / marg and stir through 2 tbs of warm water . when the bun has completely cooled spred the icing over the top and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and topped with desiccated coconut . Delicious .