Butterfly Fairy Cakes
These make for the cutest little cupcakes and are perfect for kiddy parties (and grown up ones too!). While it may seem like these delicate yet gorgeous fairy cakes require a lot of effort, they are actually pretty easy to make. I have filled my little fairy cakes with custard pudding and topped them with strawberry jam, however you could fill them with anything that you like, whipped cream, lemon curd, buttercream, ganache, mousse, pudding etc. etc. etc. And the jam can be any flavour that you prefer!
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour 300 gm
- 1 cup caster sugar 200 gm
- 1 cup butter or margarine or a combination of the two (225 gm)
- 1/2 cup milk 100 ml
- 3 eggs use 4 if you have small eggs
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- strawberry jam or any jam flavour that you prefer
- whipped cream buttercream or custard pudding
- icing sugar to decorate
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C and prepare a cupcake pan with liners.Sift/sieve the flour with the baking powder and salt three times to properly aerate the flour for a lighter cake.In a mixing bowl, beat the butter/margarine with the sugar until light and creamy. Then add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla essence and mix well, scraping down the sides of the bowl regularly.Then add the flour in three additions, alternating with milk (start and end with the flour). You can use a mixer for this but on LOW speed or use a spatula to ensure the batter does not get over mixed.Fill up the cupcake liners to about two-thirds full.Bake in a preheated oven on the middle rack for 15 minutes or until a toothpick stuck in the center of each cupcake comes out clean.Remove the cupcakes from the pan onto a wire rack and allow them to cool.In the meantime, have your jam and custard (or cream) ready. For my custard recipe, check HERE.Using a sharp knife, cut a 2 cm deep by 3 cm wide round piece from the top of each cake. Cut this round piece in half to form two wings and set aside. Now fill the cupcake hole with cream or custard or whatever you want and then place the half pieces of the cake on top of the filling to form wings. Add a small dollop of jam right in the centre between the wings. Dust lightly with icing sugar and serve.Enjoy!  🙂
Notes
Always make sure the eggs, milk and butter/margarine are at room temperature before starting.
Salams! Can I make cup cakes
Salams! Can I make cup cakes without a tray.I mean can I use only the paper cases and leave it in my normal cake tray.pls.waiting for your reply.(sorry for repeating this)
W/Salaam, yes you can
W/Salaam, yes you can although sometimes the shapes of the cupcakes may not be very perfect as there is no support from a regular flat tray.
Assalamualaikum fauzia, ive
Assalamualaikum fauzia, ive been following ur recipes for quite some time now n they are absolutely awesome ! i just have a query:y do my cakes always always always crack n pop the middle?i mean there’s always a bump that pops out in the middle and the cake is never even on top:(
W/Salaam, please refer to
W/Salaam, please refer to this note:
http://www.fauziaskitchenfun.com/cake-mistakes-find-out-why
Thanks alot for this recipe Fauzia,i made a cake out of it,it turned out soo well,its a hit in my household,thanks again
Slaam… i had tried so many recipes for cupcakes but i didn’t like the end product… sometimes they were hard or didn’t hv good texture…
Yesterday on my nephew’s birthday i tried ur recipe nd evrybdy loved it… they were so yummy nd soft… nd loved ur tip for chicken bread…
Thnkyuuuu so muchhhhh …