Saturday, 18 February 2012

QUICK AND EASY FAIRY CAKES

J absolutely loves fairy cakes and I think Tesco make their annual sales targets just from us. Tonight J has the man-flu so to make him feel better, I decided to try and bake some for him. I had no idea how easy they actually were! Sorry Tesco but there won't be anymore fairy cakes in our trolley!

I have used vegetable oil in this recipe rather than butter as I find oil keeps cakes moist and makes the top slightly crispy. I picked this tip up from my big sis and now I replace butter with oil for all my baking.

INGREDIENTS
125g vegetable oil
125g caster sugar
2 eggs
125g self-raising flour
2 tablespoons milk

METHOD
Preheat your oven to 190C / 325F / gas mark 5. Grease 12 cupcake cases.

In a mixing bowl, sieve the sugar and add in the oil. Next add the eggs, milk and finally the flour before stirring well. Spoon the mixture into your cupcake cases and place in the oven for 12 minutes or until risen and slightly golden on top.

It really is that simple.

FINAL SAY
The great thing about fairy cakes is you can ice and decorate them how you want. I made a glaze by mixing 1 tablespoon of icing sugar and 1 tablespoon of cold water then I drizzled a 1/4 tablespoon over each one. You can also make chocolate or strawberry butter icing or leave plain, it really is up to you!

You can also make chocolate fairy cakes by adding a tablespoon of cocoa powder to the mixture before spooning it into your cases.

Makes: 12 cupcake cases

Nutritional information per cupcake: 175kcal - 18g carbs - 11g fat - 2g protein - 11g sugar - 54mg sodium
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14 comments:

  1. Effervesce18 February 2012 at 22:35

    They look delicious!

    How do you know how much butter/marg to substitute for oil? I may have taught you about the oil, but I didn't teach you that bit! lol

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    1. Playing With Food19 February 2012 at 09:53

      Thanks chick! You can use the same amount of butter as you would oil. ;) xx

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    2. Unknown10 March 2016 at 15:09

      Just made thsee looking great and tastes great mind you I used 125ml of veg oil rather then 125g lol

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    3. Unknown10 March 2016 at 15:09

      Just made thsee looking great and tastes great mind you I used 125ml of veg oil rather then 125g lol

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  2. Michelle18 February 2012 at 23:17

    Nice!!!!!!

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  3. Anonymous23 April 2012 at 20:30

    thanks for this recipe but im not sure my results quite matched yours :p
    http://i44.tinypic.com/11brfwy.jpg

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    1. Playing With Food23 April 2012 at 21:07

      Haha oh no!! I hope it wasn't my instructions!! Bet they tasted good anyway though!?

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  4. Anonymous20 November 2013 at 10:54

    Hi there, I've just made this recipe without the milk and added raisins and it works really well. Thank you!

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  5. Anonymous20 June 2017 at 10:43

    Hi, Just made these as i had no butter in the house was looking for a recipe without. Added some desiccated Coconut to the batch and they're lovely. Thanks for sharing xx

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  6. Unknown19 October 2018 at 15:48

    Doing this recipe with my twin 3 year old grandsons. It was so easy and they loved mixing it all together. Will let you know how they turned out.

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  7. Jackie D19 October 2018 at 16:24

    Well after cooking these cakes with my twins grandsons today I can honestly say they were a big hit and every one loved them. They were so light and fluffy. A delight to make. Thank you x

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  8. Unknown13 March 2020 at 07:28

    Normal flour or flour with raising agent ( livetò )

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