Glamorous fairy cakes

200 kcal or less 30-60 minutes baking butter cornflour crystallised rose crystallised roses crystallised violet crystallised violets cup cakes dessert edible wafer flower edible wafer flowers egg eggs fairy cakes fun food golden caster sugar icing sugar indulgent kids cakes pudding self-raising flour valentine valentines

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Makes 24 cakes

Source

Ingredients

140g butter , very well softened

140g golden caster sugar

3 medium eggs

100g self-raising flour

25g custard powder or cornflour

600g icing sugar , sifted

6 tbsp water , or half water and half lemon juice, strained

edible green and pink food colourings

crystallised violets

crystallised roses or rose petals

edible wafer flowers

Method

Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Arrange paper cases in bun tins. Put all the cake ingredients in a large bowl and beat for about 2 mins until smooth. Divide the mixture between the cases so they are half filled and bake for 12-15 mins, until risen and golden. Cool on a wire rack.

Mix the icing sugar and water until smooth and use a third on eight of the cakes. Divide the rest in half, and colour one half pale green and the other half pale pink. Decorate the white ones with crystallised violets, the pink ones with the roses and the green ones with the wafer flowers. Leave to set. Will keep for up to 2-3 days stored in an airtight container in a cool place.