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Fairy Cakes

Fairy Cakes

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

Children love to bake, and enjoy decorating even more! This recipe for traditional fairy cakes is easy to make, quick to cook, and a nice flat surface area to decorate with lots of messy icing!

Preparation Time 20 minutes
Baking Time 15 minutes
Portions 12
Skill Level Easy
Average Rating 5 stars
 

Fairy Cakes Ingredients

200 grams Stork (from the tub) Stork (from the tub)
200 grams Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's) Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
3 Free Range Eggs Medium sized Free Range Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla Extract (Nielsen-Massey) Vanilla Extract (Nielsen-Massey)
200 grams Self Raising White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly) Self Raising White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
0.50 tsp Baking Powder
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Additional Ingredients

1 sachet Eggs White Powder
200 grams Billington's Golden Icing Sugar
1 Food Colouring
70 grams Billington's Golden Icing Sugar (Buttercream Icing)
120 grams Stork (Buttercream Icing) Stork
 

This recipe uses

  • Stork (from the tub)
  • Golden Caster Sugar (Billington's)
  • Free Range Eggs
  • Vanilla Extract (Nielsen-Massey)
  • Self Raising White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
  • Stork

How to make Fairy Cakes

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  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/170°C fan/ gas 5. method tip
  2. Line a patty tin with cake cases, if you have no cake cases, grease and flour the individual holes. method tip
  3. Beat together the sunflower spread, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract until the mixture is smooth. method tip
  4. Sift the flour into the bowl with the baking powder. Stir in until well blended. Spoon the mix into the cake cases, if using. method tip
  5. Bake for 12-15 minutes until a skewer comes out clean when inserted. Cool on a rack before decorating. method tip
  6. To make the icing, mix together the icing sugar and egg white powder with a teaspoon of water. Add the colouring as required. You may need to adjust the thickness with icing sugar or water so that it is right for piping.
  7. To make butter cream icing, mix together the icing sugar and sunflower spread. Add colour as desired, and spoon on to the fairy cakes. method tip
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Reviews

Read all reviews (2) | Average rating: 5 stars

"This has been my first time baking and is a simple but easy recipe to follow. My family loved the taste and are asking for more."

11-11-2010 | Author: Quirkek | 4 stars

"I made these without the icing but added 200g of glace cherries & they were delicious!"

22-05-2012 | Author: Charismagick | 5 stars

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