Name: Glamorous fairy cakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Makes 24 cakes
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 140g butter very well softened; 140g golden caster sugar; 3 medium eggs; 100g self-raising flour; 25g custard powder or cornflour; 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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Glamorous fairy cakes

Glamorous fairy cakes

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Makes 24 cakes

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Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 15 mins

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A retro twist to a childhood favourite - learn how to make fairy cakes then decorate for any occasion

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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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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Nutrition: per cake

kcal193
fat6g
saturates3g
carbs36g
sugars31g
fibre0g
protein2g
salt0.2g

low

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Arrange paper cases in bun tins. Put all the cake ingredients in a large bowl and beat for about 2 mins until smooth. Divide the mixture between the cases so they are half filled and bake for 12-15 mins, until risen and golden. Cool on a wire rack.
step 2

Mix the icing sugar and water until smooth and use a third on eight of the cakes. Divide the rest in half, and colour one half pale green and the other half pale pink. Decorate the white ones with crystallised violets, the pink ones with the roses and the green ones with the wafer flowers. Leave to set. Will keep for up to 2-3 days stored in an airtight container in a cool place.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2004

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