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Fairy cakes
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Cakes and pastries - Puddings
Vegetarian
Easy
:
Cheap
:
Origin of dish:
UK
Type of cooking:
Oven
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients (for 12 cakes) :
100g softened butter (unsalted)
100g caster
sugar
100g self-rising
flour
, sifted
2
eggs
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon
vanilla
essence
Pinch of salt
Butter
icing
:
100g butter, softened
215g
icing
sugar
- sifted
1-4 tsp
milk
(if required)
Food colouring - few drops (if required)
Method:
Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees (fan oven 160°C / Gas Mark 4)
Sift
flour
and baking powder together into a large bowl. Add the
sugar
and salt.
Make a well and add the butter and the
eggs
. Add the
vanilla
essence.
Use an electric whisk to combine or a big wooden spoon.
Put 12 cupcake cases into a cupcake tin and fill each with two teaspoons of mixture.
Put the tin on the middle shelf of the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes until risen and golden.
Poke one
cake
with a
cocktail
stick - if the tick comes out clean the
cake
is done, if it has mixture on it then return the
cakes
for another few minutes.
Cool the
cakes
on a wire rack.
For the butter
icing
:
Put the butter and the
sugar
in the bowl and whisk with an electric whisk until fully combined and glossy. Add
milk
if the mixture is too thick.
Divide the
icing
between two bowls and add a drop or two of food colouring and mix in thoroughly.
Pipe onto the cooled
cakes
or use a knife to apply. Decorate with
sugar
flowers available in supermarkets.
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