Citrus Gingerbread Cookies

Put the dairy-free butter and muscovado sugar in a medium saucepan, and heat gently until the butter has melted and the sugar has dissolved. Stir until the mixture blends together, but do not boil.

Remove from the heat and sieve in the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ginger, then pour inthe golden syrup and beat until smooth.

Turn out the mixture onto some clingfilm and pat into a flat disc, then wrap tightlyand chill for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 170°C, 150°C fan,

gas 3½. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.

When ready to bake, roll out the dough on a surface lightly dusted with flour until4mm thick, then stamp out 30 rounds, using a 6cm plain round cutter (and re-rolling the dough as necessary). Transfer the cookie onto the prepared baking trays, spacing them slightly apart, and bake for 12-15 minutes until they are golden. Leave to cool slightly on the trays then transfer to a cooling rack.

When ready to decorate, using 15 cookies, dip half of each cookie into the melted white chocolate and arrange them on a tray lined with baking paper until the white chocolate has set.

For the buttercream, beat together the dairy-free butter, icing sugar, half of the lime zest and 1 tsp lime juice in a bowl until smooth. Put the buttercream into a piping bag fitted with a medium-sized star nozzle.

To assemble the cookies, pipe swirls of buttercream evenly over 15 cookies, then top with the chocolate-dipped cookies. Spraylightly with the edible gold glitter and sprinkleover the remaining lime zest.