Snow-capped fairy cakes

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• cookingforgirls

  20 May 2011

  cookingforgirls rated and commented on this recipe

  

  These are FAB. We made the topping without a mixer - me and daughter took it in turns. Hard hard work and I was saying half way through 'we are never making these again.' But they taste so good - we may have to. I'll buy a hand mixer just for the purpose.

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• westy

  07 July 2011

  westy rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Can't comment on the icing as havn't iced them yet and will probably use buttercream but the fairy cake mix is lovely and I managed to get 30 standard UK fairycakes out of the mixture using heaped tbsp's of the mixture. Perfect for my sons summer fete.

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• Home

  19 July 2011

  Home rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Delicious! So quick and easy. I measured out all the ingrediants into bowls and my 3 year old poured them all into one and mixed and really enjoyed making them, and as it's just a case of mixing it was stress free. I added chocolate chips and with the orange they are a perfect cake!

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• VeggieSara

  16 December 2011

  VeggieSara rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made these for my mum on her birthday and was nervous about the icing - but it worked perfectly and transformed what is a rather basic fairy cake into something that looks bakery bought! Fantastic recipe

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• allimac234

  29 December 2011

  allimac234 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A really easy and successful way to make fairy cakes. Not one left - a sign that they were a success. On to my third batch in 2 weeks! All for the children - of course!!!

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• anneth

  30 January 2012

  anneth rated and commented on this recipe

  

  these are so nice easy to make and different i will make these again give them a try i used my own cake mix and used the toping recipe.

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• Maire T

  18 December 2012

  Maire T commented on this recipe

  Anyone know if this icing is ok for pregnant women?? Not sure if the egg would be cooked enough.

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• Becky

  26 December 2012

  Becky rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Overall, ok, but a bit disappointing. I was looking forward to the icing after reading the comments, but found it tasted no different from regular icing made with icing sugar and water; no marshmallow texture that I was expecting. Also found the orange flavour overpowering, will use lemon next time, and probably make the meringue topping from the little Louise cupcakes.

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• JNM

  02 January 2013

  JNM rated and commented on this recipe

  

  These look very impressive and taste lovely. I made mini cakes and replaced the orange with lemon to make little lemon meringue cakes. They went down a storm with people.

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• Widgey

  10 June 2013

  Widgey rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I didn't use the cake recipe, just the icing and it was lovely. It was fairly easy to make although I wouldn't recommend doing it by hand (a hand held mixer made light work of it.) I piped the topping which looked beautiful. For the reference of others, the icing doesn't set hard, but it is a little firmer than buttercream icing. For this reason the cakes didn't transport easily to school for the cake sale as the icing got a bit squashed.

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Ingredients

• 175g butter
• 175g golden caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 200g self-raising flour
• finely grated zest 1 orange
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 tbsp milk

FOR THE ICING

• 1 egg white
• 4 tbsp orange juice
• 175g icing sugar
• fruit jellies and silver balls , to decorate

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Makes 18

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 25 mins

Cook 20 mins

Ingredients

• 175g butter
• 175g golden caster sugar
• 3 eggs
• 200g self-raising flour
• finely grated zest 1 orange
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 4 tbsp milk

FOR THE ICING

• 1 egg white
• 4 tbsp orange juice
• 175g icing sugar
• fruit jellies and silver balls , to decorate

Per serving

210 kcalories, protein 3g, carbohydrate 31g, fat 9 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 0g, sugar 22g, salt 0.31 g

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