About the bake
Fairy cakes are a great recipe to introduce your children to baking and are a fun activity for the whole family to enjoy together. Let your creativity run wild when decorating.
Take your cupcakes to the next level with our delicious vanilla cupcake recipe.
Method
Step 1:
Preheat the oven to 170°C (fan 150°C, gas mark 3). Line a muffin tray with 10-12 paper cases.
Step 2:
Beat together the butter and sugar, then add in the eggs one at a time mixing between each addition. Add the vanilla extract.
Step 3:
Carefully fold in the flour until just incorporated.
Step 4:
Spoon the mixture into the paper cases and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden on top. Insert the tip of a knife into the cases to check that they are baked throughout. If they are ready the knife should be clean when removed from the sponge.
Step 5:
Allow to cool on a rack.
Step 6:
To make the icing, add a few drops of water to the icing sugar until the consistency becomes smooth and glossy. Add more water if needed, or if the icing becomes too runny add a touch more icing sugar to thicken.
Step 7:
Spoon the icing on to each cake and decorate with a handful of coloured sprinkles.
Ingredients
For the Cakes
- 100g Butter
- 2 Eggs
- 2 tsp Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
- 100g Silver Spoon Caster Sugar
- 100g Allinson's Self Raising White Flour
For the Icing
- 150g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
- Handful Sprinkle decorations
- 150g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
Utensils
- Cupcake case
- Mixing bowl
Recipe Reviews
Perfect, tasty fairy cakes. Really easy to mix by hand, perfectly smooth using only a spoon. Will definitely be using this recipe again!
The only fairy cake recipe you'll ever need! Perfect every time, nom nom says my 8 year old daughter!
I'm new to baking and wanted to try something easy. This recipe was super easy to follow and the results were great! I think next time I might make cookies and see how well I get on.
Amazing! I am 10 years old and this recipe is so good! I would recommend putting very few drops on the icing sugar to make it as thick as possible! Fab recipe, fab result! 🧚🧁
It went good but it looked like a mountain but it was delicious 😋
This is by far the best website I have ever used and I have been cooking for 3 years. It is so clear and easy to use and I just love how you can switch between metric and imperial measurements. KEEP IT UP!
Ingredients
For the Cakes
- 100g Butter
- 2 Eggs
- 2 tsp Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
- 100g Silver Spoon Caster Sugar
- 100g Allinson's Self Raising White Flour
For the Icing
- 150g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
- Handful Sprinkle decorations
- 150g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
Utensils
- Cupcake case
- Mixing bowl