Fairy cakes - recipe

Ingredients

Recipe , Cake 2 , Fairy

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1

Preheat the oven to 180°C (170°C fan, gas mark 5). Line a cupcake tin with cake cases, if you have no cake cases, grease and flour the individual holes.
2
Beat together the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract until the mixture is smooth.

For this step you'll need:
- 50g Butter (unsalted)
- 200g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 3 Egg(s) (free range)
- 1tsp Vanilla extract
3
Sift the flour into the bowl with the baking powder. Stir in until well blended. Spoon the mix into the cake cases, if using.

For this step you'll need:
- 200g Self-raising white flour
- ½tsp Baking powder
4

Bake for 12-15 minutes until a skewer comes out clean when inserted. Cool on a rack before decorating.
5
To make the icing, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy and pale, add a drop of milk if needed. Add the colouring as required and spoon or spread onto the fairy cakes with a palette knife.

For this step you'll need:
- 50g Butter (unsalted)
- 200g Unrefined golden icing sugar
- Food colouring

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