Photo: David Holifield
How to make fairy cakes
12 ingredients
30 min + 30 min
Makes 12 small fairy cakes, or 6 deep cupcakes
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Become a fairy cake queen! With this foolproof, easy recipe for fairy cakes and buttercream icing you can't go wrong.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
857
Calories
28g
Protein
26g
Fat
124g
Carbs
Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Topping | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 100g/3½oz unsalted butter
- 100g/3½oz caster sugar
- 2 free-range eggs
- 100g/3½oz self-raising flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp fine salt
- 1 tbsp milk
- 125g/4½oz unsalted butter
- 200g/7oz icing sugar
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- or jam for the topping (optional) lemon curd
Directions
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By bbcfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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