Frosted lemon fairy cakes

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• Nicola

  02 February 2009

  Nicola rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I wont be making these again, far too sweet, I had to leave the lemon sugar topping off as with the icing sugar it was just too much.

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• Alice.Rose

  06 February 2009

  Alice.Rose rated and commented on this recipe

  

  i love these cakes but they are a bit sweet. :-)

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• Beth

  10 February 2009

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  I didn't think these were too sweet at all - the icing sugar nicely balances the acidity of the lemon - having said that I didn't use the lemon sugar topping as I thought it was unnecessary.

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• Danni T

  13 February 2009

  Danni T rated and commented on this recipe

  

  These are pretty sweet, I do however have an impenetrable sweet tooth and loved this recipe. The fairy cakes were well received on both occasions that I made them.

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• debsieeg

  28 February 2009

  debsieeg rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Way too sweet, really not necessary to use the sugar topping and a bit irritated to have 100g of sugar and lemon left over to throw away

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• rodders79

  23 March 2009

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  Way too sweet for me and quite frankly I was unimpressed but I let my toddler have one and he seemed to like it....just before running riot on the sugar.

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• Kathryn

  27 March 2009

  Kathryn rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I thought they were fab, even with the sugar topping which gave them a nice texture. There was too much though so I saved 1/2 in an airtight jar for the next time and it kept well. I found the sharp lemon balanced the sweetness of the sugar.

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• AlexaMay

  29 November 2009

  AlexaMay rated and commented on this recipe

  

  very sweet and buttery, but lovely and light and refreshing.

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• Chez

  02 April 2010

  Chez commented on this recipe

  I left off the lemon sugar and instead dyed the icing yellow and topped it with mini eggs for Easter. The lemon reacts nicely with the rising agents making these cakes very light. Tangy and easy.

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• gabby_f

  05 June 2010

  gabby_f rated and commented on this recipe

  

  made these cakes yesterday...yum yum, everyone loved them! i changes the recipe a little, as i didn't want them too sweet! i used 125 gr. (maybe a tiny bit more) of granulated sugar, instead of caster sugar and also left out the lemon sugar topping! delicious, will defenetly make them again!!!

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• Amanda

  12 January 2011

  Amanda rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Delicious!

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• is it worth waiting for?

  24 February 2011

  is it worth waiting for? commented on this recipe

  they are sweet and lovely, although i found that the sugar for sprinkling was too much....50g would do. i also did orange icing and sugar. check out my food blog http://isitworthwaitingfor.blogspot.com/2011/02/lemon-fairy-cakes-with-frosted-orange.html

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• aspiringamateurchef

  30 March 2011

  aspiringamateurchef commented on this recipe

  What it looks like to me is shove prefered cake recipe into cupcake format.

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• Swansea Girl

  28 April 2011

  Swansea Girl commented on this recipe

  I loved these cakes!

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• Tai

  26 August 2011

  Tai rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very straight forward to make- I made the cakes with my two year old niece with no problem. I didn't make the lemon icing sugar to accompany the cakes as I thought it may be too sweet- I was right. The cake was nice enough without the icing. All the cakes went down a treat with everyone. very tasty :)

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• sashbynoe

  12 September 2011

  sashbynoe rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I didnt make the cakes but I did use the icing and lemon sugar topping on some blueberry muffins that needed a little zing. Very tasty!

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• caveywavey

  14 September 2011

  caveywavey rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Just baking these now - the cakes have come out beautifully and fluffy and the icing sugar on it's own is enough.

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• Jerry Shafi

  18 February 2012

  Jerry Shafi rated and commented on this recipe

  

  The cupcakes were a bit sweet but very lemony and zesty. Will definitley make again

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• sazarpey

  06 May 2012

  sazarpey rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really tangy, lovely flavour!

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• Nicola

  14 May 2012

  Nicola commented on this recipe

  What's the diff betwixt lemon cupcakes and lemon muffins[http://bit.ly/student-recipes-lemon-muffins]? Is it just a size diff or am I missing something??

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Ingredients

• 125g golden caster sugar
• 125g unsalted butter , at room temperature
• 2 lemons , zested plus 4 tbsp juice
• 2 eggs
• 125g self-raising flour
• 185g icing sugar , sifted

LEMON SUGAR TOPPING

• 100g golden caster sugar
• 1 lemon , zested

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Makes 12

Preparation and cooking times

Ready in 50 minutes

Ingredients

• 125g golden caster sugar
• 125g unsalted butter , at room temperature
• 2 lemons , zested plus 4 tbsp juice
• 2 eggs
• 125g self-raising flour
• 185g icing sugar , sifted

LEMON SUGAR TOPPING

• 100g golden caster sugar
• 1 lemon , zested

Per cake

261 kcalories, protein 2.2g, carbohydrate 43.8g, fat 9.8 g, saturated fat 5.7g, fibre 0.3g, salt 0.14 g

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