Birthday Party Fairy Cakes/Cup Cakes

Ingredients:

Butter - 100 Gm (1/2 Cup- Unsalted, Softened)   Sugar      - 3/4 Cup (Powdered) Eggs   - 2 (Beaten) All Purpose Flour - 1 Cup Baking Powder - 1 Level tsp Vanilla Essence   - 1 tsp Milk - 2 tbsp

Fairy cakes are very simple to make and can be made in a jiffy. Besides the ingredients, all you need is a large bowl, a muffin tin and a sieve.

Method of Preparation:

Take the butter into a large bowl and beat slightly, till fluffy. Now add 1 cup powdered sugar and beat again until pale and fluffy. The texture of the cake will depend on how well the butter is mixed with the sugar. Slowly add the beaten eggs to the mixture. Beat it up until the mixture is very soft. Add vanilla essence and blend again.    

Take flour and baking powder and mix well in another bowl. Sieve this mixture and add this into the butter-sugar-egg mixture and mix well. For better consistency add milk and beat it very lightly. Grease the muffin tins and fill the cake batter up to ¹/₂ or  ³/₄ level and bake in a pretreated oven at 180^oc, for about 15-20 minutes. The cakes are ready when they turn golden brown on top. The texture of the cake suffers if over baked. Cool the cakes and frost/ice them anyway you like. 

For Butter Cream Frosting

Jam Topping

Top the fairy cake with your choice of jam. 

Yummy Milk Chocolate Frosting

Method of Preparation:

Microwave milk chocolate until just melted. Add icing sugar and unsalted butter and a few drops of Vanilla Essence. Spread the frosting on top of the cakes and decorate with grated white chocolate and cherries.