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Fairy cakes

• Liberty Mendez

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Makes 12

Easy

Total time: 40 mins

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These soft and spongy fairy cakes, flavoured with vanilla, are true classics – add extra decorations to jazz them up, if you like

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Bake a batch of classic fairy cakes, then check out our butterfly cakes, lemon fairy cakes, strawberry cupcakes, chocolate cupcakes and vegan cupcakes.

Looking for more child-friendly bakes? Try our cornflake tart, rocky road and kids' chocolate birthday cake.

Ingredients

Nutrition

• 125g caster sugar

• 125g unsalted butter

  softened

• 2 eggs

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 125g self-raising flour

ICING

• 200g icing sugar

• 1-2 tbsp milk

• food colouring, sprinkles, marshmallows

  to decorate (optional)

Nutrition: per serving

• kcal236
• fat9.5g
• saturates5.7g
• carbs34.7g
• sugars27.1g
• fibre0.4g
• protein2.5g
• salt0.2g

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Method

• step 1

  Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Line a 12-hole cupcake tin with paper cases.

• step 2

  Put the sugar and butter in a bowl and mix together until pale, soft and fluffy. Gradually add in the eggs and vanilla until combined, sift in the flour and mix until smooth.

• step 3

  Use a spoon to divide the batter between the cases. Bake for 20 minutes until golden and a skewer inserted come out clean.

• step 4

  Put the icing sugar in a bowl, and mix in enough milk to loosen until the icing just falls off the spoon. Add colouring, if you like.

• step 5

  Let the cakes cool completely and then spoon icing onto each cake, letting some drizzle down the sides, if you like, and decorate with whatever toppings you prefer.

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Liberty MendezRecipe developer

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