How To Make a Butter Candle
Make this delicious butter candle to sit inside a loaf of sourdough bread. As the butter candle melts, you can tear off the sourdough bread and dip it into the melted butter.
Equipment
- 1 Paper Cup (or something to mold your butter candle)
- 1 Food Safe Candle Wick
- 1 Wick holder
Ingredients
- 250 g Butter (I used salted butter)
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Garlic Granules (you can use fresh garlic if you want to)
- ½ tsp Italian Seasoning (you can use fresh herbs if you want to)
- 1 Loaf of Sourdough Bread (use this recipe)
Instructions
- First, melt the butter. You can do this in a saucepan on the stove, but I find melting it in a batter jug in the microwave to be the easiest. Depending on your microwave power, this will take around 1 to 2 minutes.
- While the butter is melting, place the wick into the paper cup and use the wick holder to hold the wick straight.
- Once the butter is melted, add the salt and other herbs and seasonings and stir it well.
- Carefully pour the melted butter into the paper cup, ensuring you don't disturb the wick.
- Place the butter candle into the freezer for around one to two hours to firm up. The butter candle can stay in the freezer for as long as you need.
- When the butter candle is set and you're ready to use it, take your loaf of sourdough bread. Using an identical paper cup to the one that you used as a mold for the butter candle, use a knife to cut a hole in the centre of the loaf of sourdough.
- You only need to cut the top of the bread with the knife, then use your fingers to pull the bread out of the middle to form a hole for the butter candle to sit in.
- Once you have a hole big enough, use your knife to cut the outside of the bread into pieces, without actually cutting the bottom of the bread. This will make the bread easy to tear off and dip into the melted butter.
- When you're ready to serve, place the butter candle into the centre of the loaf of sourdough and light the candle wick. It will take around 15 to 30 minutes for the butter to start to melt after you light the wick.
Notes
Wick - make sure the wick you use is food safe. You don't want to leach chemicals into the butter that you're going to eat. If you don't have any wick holders, you can use some tape across the top of the paper cup to hold the wick in place.
Butter - use the best quality butter you can find. Ideally, make your own butter using this recipe.
Butter Candle Safety
Please exercise caution when making, using and eating this butter candle. Here are some safety tips to ensure your safety and success with this recipe:- Use a food safe candle wick. It's up to you to check that the wick you use is safe to use with food.
- Ensure that when you serve the butter candle, it's on a platter that will catch the butter drips and the puddle of butter if it escapes the loaf of bread.
- Do not leave your butter candle unattended.
Nutrition
Calories: 180kcalCarbohydrates: 0.2gProtein: 0.2gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 54mgSodium: 277mgPotassium: 9mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 0.02gVitamin A: 626IUVitamin C: 0.004mgCalcium: 8mgIron: 0.1mg
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