Fast Fairy Cakes

What could be more fun to cook with your children or grandchildren than Fast Fairy Cakes. This is a simple recipe that works every time. Lets face it, who doesn’t like a cake?

When you leave the toppings to the children, be prepared for a cacophony of colours and styles. Watching them use their minds to design and build them is a pleasure that never gets old.

These have been used as snacks, desserts, in picnics and with an afternoon tea. However, I find you never need an excuse to enjoy one or two of these.

Fast Fairy Cakes

A superbly simple recipe that my grandchildren always help with. Leave the designs to them.

4.45 from 100 votes

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Course: Cake, Dessert, Picnic, Side Dish, Snacks

Cuisine: British

Keyword: Cake, Children, Dairy, Dessert, Eggs

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 24 Fairy Cakes

Calories: 182kcal

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Ingredients

 

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• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 1/2 cups butter soft
• 4 large eggs free range
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 tsp Salt
• 1 1/4 cups milk

Instructions

• Prepare the 2 muffin tins with paper cups. There is a large variety of images, colours and styles.
• Preheat the oven to 350F/175C.
• In a large bowl (to prevent spollage) mix the baking powder, flour and the salt.
• Combine the room temperature butter and sugar together in a large bowl until nice and smooth. A food mixer is ideal for this recipe.
• Add the eggs one at a time and mix well. When fully mixed, add the next egg and so on.
• Add the dry mix and the milk bit by bit to ensure smooth batter mixture. (bit of flour followed by bit of milk then repeat)
• Fill each of the paper cups about 2/3 full.
• Place the trays in the preheated oven until lovely and coloured. I have a small skewer that I insert into the middle. If it comes out clean then then are done. Normally takes about 15 minutes.
• I always remove the cakes from the tins to prevent the residual heat continuing to cook them.
• When cool, let the children loose with the toppings

Nutrition

Calories: 182kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 125mg | Potassium: 86mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g