Fairy Cakes
What better way to fill free time than with some baking. Our fairy cakes tick all the right boxes - tasty, quick and super simple - so much so that the kids can get involved too.
10 minutes
15 minutes
Makes 12
What you'll need
- 2 eggs
- 120g sugar
- 120g self-raising flour
- 120g butter, melted
- 130g icing sugar
- 50g butter
- 30g cocoa powder
- Decorations of choice
Method
Step 1
Heat your oven to 180C/160 fan/gas mark 4. Line a muffin tray with paper cases.
Step 2
Whisk the eggs and sugar together.
Step 3
Add the flour and butter, bringing the mixture together. Spoon the mixture into paper cases.
Step 4
Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes. When ready, the cakes should have a golden top. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
Step 5
Beat together the icing sugar, cocoa powder and butter to make the icing. Ice the buns with a small spoon. Immediately add your chosen decorations.
Top-tip
For the decoration, there’s no right or wrong answer! Perhaps some hundreds and thousands? Smarties? White chocolate buttons? You choose!
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