ICED FAIRY CAKES

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Teach 8-14 year olds how to make fairy cakes and guarantee a fun kitchen activity

Provided by Good Food team

Time 1h15m

Yield Makes 12

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

100g caster sugar
100g very soft butter
100g self-raising flour
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
200g very soft butter
200g icing sugar
food colouring, sprinkles, marshmallows etc

Steps:

Ask a grown-up helper to turn the oven on to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Put a paper case in hole of a 12-hole bun tin.
Put the sugar and butter (it must be soft or you won't be able to mix it properly) in a bowl and mix it together. Sift in the flour.
Break the eggs into a separate bowl (spoon out any bits of shell that fall in) and add them to the bowl with the vanilla. Mix everything together.
Divide between the cases using a spoon, scraping it off with a knife. Ask a grown-up helper to put the tray in the oven for 20 minutes.
Mix the butter and icing sugar to make a creamy icing. Add colouring, if you like. Push an icing nozzle into an icing bag, then scoop in the icing.
Let the cakes cool completely in the tray. Pipe icing onto each cake and decorate with marshmallows or sprinkles, or whatever you like.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 331 calories, Fat 22 grams fat, SaturatedFat 13 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 39 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 27 grams sugar, Protein 2 grams protein, Sodium 0.5 milligram of sodium