Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ⅓ cup caster sugar (superfine sugar) (see note)
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour, sifted before measuring (see note)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch salt
- ⅔ cup powdered sugar
- 1 ½ tablespoon water (or half water and half vanilla extract)
- food coloring and sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pan with wrappers.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together sugar and butter. Add egg and vanilla and mix until fluffy. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into the butter mixture and mix to combine.
- Fill cupcake wrappers ⅔rds full. Bake until done, 10-15 minutes, depending on size. Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.
- In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar and water. Add food coloring if desired. Pour over the fairy cakes and decorate with sprinkles.
Notes
I highly recommend using superfine sugar and sifting the flour before measuring and the shifting it again. I made this with granulated sugar and without pre sifting and they were hockey pucks.