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Fairy Cakes

Recipe

Create the cutest fairy cakes that taste like magic with this easy recipe.

Serves:   12 people   |   Prep time: 15 minutes   |   Cooking time: 20 minutes

British   |   Dessert   |   Vegetarian

  

Ingredients

  • 150 Salted Butter, at room temperature
  • 150g Caster Sugar
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 150g Self-Raising Flour, sieved
  • 20ml Milk

For the buttercream:

  • 150g Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
  • 250g Icing Sugar
  • 10ml Vanilla Extract
  • 10ml Milk

To decorate:

  • 20g Coloured Strands Sprinkles
  • 12 Hole Muffin Tin lined with Cupcake Cases
  • Piping Bag with Star Nozzle

  

Method

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC/160ºC Fan/Gas Mark 4.  
  2. In a large bowl, cream the sugar and butter together using a wooden spoon or handheld mixer. Gradually add the eggs and milk, fold in the flour a little at a time and mix until you have a smooth batter.
  3. Spoon the batter into the cases and cook for around 15 minutes until the cakes have risen, if you insert a skewer and it comes out clean the cakes are done. Allow the cakes to cool
  4. In the meantime, in a medium bowl add the buttercream ingredients and beat together until pale and fluffy.
  5. Spoon the buttercream into the piping bag (Chef’s tip: No piping bag? Use a sandwich bag with a corner snipped off to create your own).
  6. Pipe the buttercream onto the cake and decorate with sprinkles.