Dotty banana fairy cakes

Dotty banana fairy cakes

These sweet banana cakes are lovely and simple to make for a bake sale or children's party

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 - 22 mins

Freezable

Freeze un-iced cakes only

Method

  1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a 12-bun tin with fairy cake cases. Put the sugar, butter, flour, eggs, vanilla and banana in a big bowl together. Beat with an electric whisk until banana is mashed and everything mixed. Divide between the cases and bake for 20-22 mins until a skewer poked in comes out clean. Cool.
  2. To decorate, mix the icing sugar with enough water to be spoonable, but not too runny or it will dribble off the cakes. Spread some over each cake. Knead some food colouring into the regal icing to make a bright red colour. Roll 12 different-size balls, dip one side or the top of each in some sprinkles and stick one on each cake.

PER SERVING

236 kcalories, protein 2g, carbohydrate 40g, fat 8 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 0g, sugar 31g, salt 0.29 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2011.

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  • 19 February 2011

    Helen Donovan rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely and simple to make. Very tasty and pretty to look at. Made these with two pupils I work with in primary and they were a big hit both with the children and in the staffroom!! We used Morrisons chocolate coloured balls to decorate. Brilliant!

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  • 20 February 2011

    clairell commented on this recipe

    The simplest little cakes I have ever made! I covered with a ready made chocolate and caramel topping and a chocolate ball on top, again big hit with children and adults.

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  • 15 March 2011

    doagh22 commented on this recipe

    Great job for school fundraiser. Froze well and were able to be quickly iced the night before school event.

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  • 20 March 2011

    victoria rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Great basic little quick cake recipe which works perfectly. We used these for Red Nose Day. Ideal for children of any age.

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  • 29 March 2011

    Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really easy to make. The banana gives the cakes good texture and a subtle flavour. I just used the water icing and sprinkled on hundreds & thousands.

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  • 17 June 2011

    Cupcake rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fantastic recipe, cakes went down a treat, will be making these again and again.

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  • 01 July 2011

    janeypops rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Super quick!! I iced and added white chocolate giant button on top, sold like "hot cakes" at school fete!

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  • 07 July 2011

    Suzanne rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Just made these and they smell amazing! Have not tasted as they are for my sons school fair - so maybe I should make some more just to make sure!! Really easy and a great way to use up over ripe bananas

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  • 31 July 2011

    iloveolives commented on this recipe

    Just made these and thought they were amazing however when my sister thought they were slightly soggy. Thanks for the recipe :) will make these cupcakes again!

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  • 10 October 2011

    Pearl rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Excellent- added coffee buttercream on top and also added some walnuts to cake batter. Banana coffee walnut tastic!

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  • 04 November 2011

    Anonymous commented on this recipe

    I loved these cupcakes with a subtle banana flavor. I used water icing with some hundreds and thousands on. I thought the cake mix was too watery when I was spooning it into the cases but resulted in a nice moist cake. Great for taking to bake sale.

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  • 16 March 2012

    Gayle rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I have made these 3 times now (everytime i have an over ripe banana), they are SO easy and SO tasty, my children love them.

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  • 24 March 2012

    Jodie Rees rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    so quick to whip up. Made them for the kids to decorate. Very scrummy!

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  • 27 March 2012

    Miriam rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I doubled the recipe, used muffin cases, baked for 30 mins - brilliant! I am about to make another batch to take to my class at school tomorrow. I hope they enjoy them too.

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  • 23 April 2012

    poppypixie commented on this recipe

    These are very good for little cakes, sometimes they can be a bit dry. Managed to get 10 good sized fairy cakes out of this recipe. They were very light and tasty. Drizzled M&S white chocolate fudge sauce over the top.

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  • 23 April 2012

    poppypixie rated this recipe

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  • 14 May 2012

    Lisa rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I love this recipe, so easy and really tasty cakes. It is the first Banana Cake recipe I have made where they do not stick to the cake cases! I will definitely be making these again, great for lunchboxes.

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  • 21 January 2013

    Spronny rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great little cakes to make with the kids. Very moist...even after a few days.

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  • 09 February 2013

    Fran rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Quick & easy, added another half ripe banana as the ones I had were small. Lovely taste

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  • 05 March 2013

    lindad4a rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    These were lovely... although I didn't follow the recipe to the letter! I used only 90g of sugar. I also used slightly too much Flora Cuisine (the liquid stuff that comes in a bottle) and thought the mix looked a little too runny, so added a generous sprinkle of ground almonds. Finally I threw in a very generous handful of chopped walnuts. I didn't ice them as I didn't want them too sweet, so just sifted a little icing sugar over the cakes before serving. Delicious. And very simple. It won't let me save a rating, but I'd give it a 5!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 - 22 mins

Freezable

Freeze un-iced cakes only

Ingredients

TO DECORATE

  • 140g icing sugar
  • 100g ready-to-roll regal icing
  • red food colouring
  • hundreds and thousands
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PER SERVING

236 kcalories, protein 2g, carbohydrate 40g, fat 8 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 0g, sugar 31g, salt 0.29 g

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