Glamorous fairy cakes

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• Suzi

  15 November 2007

  Suzi rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Lovely little cakes - quick and easy to make, you cant go wrong. I made these to raise money for Rose Willcocks appeal and sold them for 50p each at work.. go really nice with a cuppa!

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• Ermintrude75

  15 February 2008

  Ermintrude75 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Delicious cakes. I made 12 muffin-size cakes instead of 24 (as I didn't have a smaller tin or cases). I put a very generous topping of icing on each and still had plenty left over, so if you make bigger cakes note that you could get away with two-thirds or a half of the icing mixture.

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• julie

  17 February 2008

  julie commented on this recipe

  made these on valentines day because of the roses and violets.they were so easy and didn,t last long.

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• galc04

  19 February 2008

  galc04 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made these cakes for my sons party, used a different topping. Easy to make, taste great!

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• Sam

  01 September 2008

  Sam rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Yummy cakes. Made them for a friends birthday and they were gone in seconds. Best fairy cakes they'd tasted was the general view. Hooray!

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• Krussell

  08 September 2008

  Krussell rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Amazing! taste great and easy to make, also light as a feather

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• cooking empress!!

  07 February 2009

  cooking empress!! commented on this recipe

  "it was so tasty but didnt last long!"

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• Jane

  22 February 2009

  Jane rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Best fairy cakes I've ever made. They taste lovely and custardy, but are very light. Delicious!

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• taross

  23 February 2009

  taross rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made these for work using the custard powder. I put them in 12 pink and 12 blue cases, iced 6 of each in plain white, and coloured the rest of the icing pink and pale blue, then used contrasting pearl swirls (flowers) for the centres. Got lots of positive comments on their looks and taste.

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• xoxradicalxox

  22 March 2009

  xoxradicalxox commented on this recipe

  this recipe is better with wholemeal flour just thought i would let u know thanks it is a really recipes lol bye.

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• xoxradicalxox

  22 March 2009

  xoxradicalxox commented on this recipe

  oh and better without custard puwder

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• Deborah38

  01 April 2009

  Deborah38 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Having tried many fairy cake recipie's, this was far the best that I have ever tried. I have made them twice now, I used melted chocolate on the tops of mine with white chocolate sprinkles. I have even been asked to make them for my partners mum...must be good!!!..:)

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• Tania

  12 May 2009

  Tania rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I have done these.. and they were delicious! However, I was extremely bad at spreading the icing on top of the cakes! How do you do it?

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• sheepcat

  27 May 2009

  sheepcat rated and commented on this recipe

  

  vary easy and simple and taste great!!

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• Gwennie

  27 May 2009

  Gwennie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Delicious, best fairy cake recipe ever, I've now made them loads of times and they're a big hit with everyone.

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• wellington

  25 June 2009

  wellington commented on this recipe

  Wow!! So quick and easy ........ my 2 boys loved them and will be definitely be making them again!!!!!!

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• wellington

  25 June 2009

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• DomesticGoddess

  25 June 2009

  DomesticGoddess commented on this recipe

  Turned out beautifully, a lovely recipe.

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• ali

  03 July 2009

  ali commented on this recipe

  These are yummy cakes. made them for my daughter's 2nd birthday and will make again for the party at the weekend! I just used normal sprinkles and only 400g of icing sugar but this was still way too much icing and probably only need to use 200g as there must have been half of it left!

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• janet

  24 July 2009

  janet rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made these in mini muffin cake cases for my year 12 students as a farewell treat, the custard powder is a fantastic extra and the icing just excuisite. So very pretty.

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Ingredients

For the cakes

• 140g butter , very well softened
• 140g golden caster sugar
• 3 medium eggs
• 100g self-raising flour
• 25g custard powder or cornflour

For decorating

• 600g icing sugar , sifted
• 6 tbsp water , or half water and half lemon juice, strained
• edible green and pink food colourings
• crystallised violets
• crystallised roses or rose petals
• edible wafer flowers

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Difficulty and servings

Makes 24 cakes

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 15 mins

Cook 15 mins

Freeze un-iced

Ingredients

For the cakes

• 140g butter , very well softened
• 140g golden caster sugar
• 3 medium eggs
• 100g self-raising flour
• 25g custard powder or cornflour

For decorating

• 600g icing sugar , sifted
• 6 tbsp water , or half water and half lemon juice, strained
• edible green and pink food colourings
• crystallised violets
• crystallised roses or rose petals
• edible wafer flowers

Per cake

193 kcalories, protein 2g, carbohydrate 36g, fat 6 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 0g, sugar 31g, salt 0.2 g

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