Prue Leith showcased her buttermilk cheese scones with homemade butter for today’s technical challenge on The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C 2021.

The ingredients for the butter are: 400ml double cream and ¼ tsp fine salt.

For the scones: 225g self-raising flour, plus extra for dusting, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp baking powder, 1 tsp English mustard powder, 30g homemade butter (above), cut into small pieces, 50g parmesan, finely grated, 2 tbsp finely chopped chives, 150ml buttermilk (from making the butter) and 1 egg, beaten, to glaze.

See the recipe in Prue’s new book titled: Prue: My All-time Favourite Recipes available from Amazon now.