Fairy Cakes

A community recipe by Kiwifruit1

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Introduction

This is a recipe I use often & works very well.

Ingredients

Serves: 25 mini or 12 large

Metric Cups

125 grams butter (softened)
125 grams caster sugar
2 medium eggs (lightly beaten)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
125 grams self-raising flour
2 tablespoons milk

4 ounces butter (softened)
4 ounces superfine sugar
2 medium eggs (lightly beaten)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 ounces self-rising flour
2 tablespoons milk

Method

Fairy Cakes is a community recipe submitted by Kiwifruit1 and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Preheat oven 190c. Line muffin tins with cupcake papers.

Beat together butter & sugar until lovely & creamy. Add beaten egg & beat again until well mixed.

Beat in the vanilla. Add half of the sifted flour & fold to combine then add the milk & mix finally add the rest of the flour folding again to combine.

Spoon into your prepared paper cases & bake for about 12mins, depending on your sizes.

Preheat oven 190c. Line muffin tins with cupcake papers.

Beat together butter & sugar until lovely & creamy. Add beaten egg & beat again until well mixed.

Beat in the vanilla. Add half of the sifted flour & fold to combine then add the milk & mix finally add the rest of the flour folding again to combine.

Spoon into your prepared paper cases & bake for about 12mins, depending on your sizes.

Additional Information

I make sure I get lots of air into mine by beating the butter first then together with the sugar & giving it another good old beating with the egg. This is a basic batter & you can tweak it with other flavours i.e for chocolate batter mix 100g flour & 25g cocoa.