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Fairy Cakes

Fairy cakes are the British equivalent of American cupcakes. A common variant on fairy cakes is butterfly cakes, where the top of the cake is cut out and shaped to look like butterfly wings.

Source and licence

"Fairy Cakes" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Fairy_Cakes, revision 4522393), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Fairy_Cakes&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla until creamy.
  2. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
  3. Fold in the sifted flour alternately with the milk.
  4. Transfer batter to 18 greased or lined muffin cups, filling the cavities about ¾ full.
  5. Bake at for 12–15 minutes until well risen and golden. Cool on a rack.
  6. Cut out a small circle in the top of each cake (using a small knife), and cut each circle in half to make the butterfly "wings".
  7. Spoon a little jam in the centre hollow, and top with whipped cream.
  8. Arrange the wings into the cream.
  9. Dust with icing sugar before serving.