Lemon Top Fairy Cakes
"I made two batches of these yummy things, and then was ordered to make another one...totaling to 36. I haven't counted how many are left either...It's one of those "safe" recipes which gives you fast results. When I was little we'd always demand these which were known as "lemon tops" in our household..."
photo by Another cuppa
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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12 cakes
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 4 ounces unsalted butter, soft
- 2 eggs
- 4 ounces self raising flour, sifted
- 4 ounces caster sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Optional extras
- chocolate chips (optional)
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Icing
- 9 ounces icing sugar
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 drop yellow food coloring
directions
- Preheat the oven to 195°C.
- Mix all the cake ingredients in a food processor (with or without chocolate chips) and place 3 heaped tsp in each cake case. Bake in the centre of the oven for 15-20 minutes and leave on a wiring rack to cool for a good 30 minutes (if you can resist 'em!). Only ice when cold.
- For the icing, mix together the 3 ingredients with a fork. If the consistency is too runny, add more icing sugar. Check how lemony the icing is before adding just a tad of food colouring if you prefer them to have that lemon touch! The icing should be almost like a paste, in order for it to stiffen on each fairy cake.
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Reviews
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This is a great basic recipe and one that I use a lot but no here in Canada. I find that self-raising flour in Europe differs from ours and a better substitution. This can be used for cupcakes, layer cakes, etc. etc. It is my old standby in Portugal where we live for 6 months of the year. Highly recommended for ease of preparation and taste. Also makes a good coffee cake with the addition of some coffee essence. Thanks for submitting.
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Hi, I'm quite new to recipezaar but I have a couple of recipes I would love to share. Most of them are created by myself and my mother who happens to be an awesome cook in my books, so enjoy and let me know what you think! Some of these I'll admit are from my childhood, and my mum always made sure we ate good honest food. I'm not a big fastfood fan tbh and just prefer decent and trustworthy grub which I hope my recipes show!
