Fairy Cakes

I cheated and used red velvet cake mix for half of these ^

Easy and delicious! Great for baking with kids.

Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

100g self-raising flour
100g butter, softened
100g caster sugar
2 small eggs
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence

Butter cream:

100g butter
300g icing sugar

Method:

1) Preheat oven to 180C. Sift flour and baking powder into mixing bowl. Add softened butter (stick cubes into microwave for twenty-forty seconds - careful not to melt!), sugar, eggs and vanilla essence, and mix with wooden spoon until all gooey and smooth. Try not to eat.

2) Spoon into paper cases in tin. Fits twelve. Place in oven on middle rack for fifteen-twenty minutes or until golden brown and cooked through. Check with toothpick. Let cool before icing.

3) Make butter cream while kitchen fills with aroma of freshly baked treats. Mix butter and icing sugar until smooth and creamy. Use piping bag to load up cooled fairy cakes with sugary goodness.