Healthier BAKES

Wholemeal sour cherry and cardamom hot cross buns with berry compote

MAKES 12

• 175ml whole milk
• 15g fast-action dried yeast
• 40g caster sugar
• 400g wholemeal flour, plus extra to knead the dough l½ tsp fine salt
• 1 tbsp ground mixed spice
• 10 cardamom seeds, bashed to a rough powder
• 60g unsalted butter
• 2 medium free-range eggs, beaten plus extra to glaze
• 150g sour cherries
• 50g white chocolate, melted

FOR THE BERRY COMPOTE

• 300g frozen cherries
• 2 tbsp raw honey or maple syrup

1 Put the milk into a small saucepan and gently warm through, turn off the heat and leave to cool for five minutes. Add the yeast and a teaspoon of sugar to the warm milk and