Simple fairy cakes - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
12 - 
                        
Cook
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Skill
Easy 
Ingredients
For the cakes
- 150 ml Vegetable oil
 - 2 Egg(s) (free range)
 - 1 tsp Vanilla extract
 - 75 g Unrefined golden caster sugar
 - 150 g Self-raising white flour
 
For the icing
- 50 g Butter
 - 100 g Icing sugar
 - Sprinkle decorations
 
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                        1
Preheat the oven to 170°C (fan 150°C, gas mark 3). Line a muffin tray with 10-12 paper cases.
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                        2
Whisk together the oil, eggs and vanilla extract
For this step you'll need:
- 150ml Vegetable oil
 - 2 Egg(s) (free range)
 - 1tsp Vanilla extract
 
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Add the sugar and flour and mix until well blended.
For this step you'll need:
- 75g Unrefined golden caster sugar
 - 150g Self-raising white flour
 
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Spoon the mixture into the paper cases and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden on top. Insert the tip of a knife into the cases and it should pull away clean if they’re done.
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                        5
Allow to cool on a rack. Once cooled, draw a sharp knife slightly in at an angle around the top of the cake so that you cut a little section away. Cut it in half to make wings.
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To make the icing, slightly warm the butter to soften and add the icing sugar a little at a time until all of the icing sugar is incorporated.
For this step you'll need:
- 50g Butter
 - 100g Icing sugar
 
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Spoon the icing on to each cake, making sure to place the wings at angles into the butter icing. Dot the sprinkles over each cake.
For this step you'll need:
- Sprinkle decorations