Incredibly Light And Fluffy Fairy Cakes Recipes

FLUFFY FAIRY CAKES

Steps:

• Crack the egg into a seperate bowl using only the white, setting aside the yolk. Whisk the whites with an electric whisk, or if you don't have one, by hand.
• Meanwhile, cream sugar, butter and vanilla extract with electric whisk until smooth. Then add the egg yolk to the mixture and whisk again.
• Add in the milk, then flour and whisk until a smooth, creamy mixture has been created. Put the oven on 180C.
• Slowly, fold in the egg whites bit by bit until they have all been mixed in and the cake mixture is light and fluffy.
• Put the cake cases into the muffin trays, and spoon 2 Tbsp of the cake mixture into each case.
• Cook for 10 Mins until golden on top.

LIGHT AND FLUFFY YELLOW CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and line two 9-inch round cake pans with parchment. Butter parchment, then flour pans, tapping out excess. Set aside.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside. Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; cream on medium-high speed until pale, 2 to 3 minutes. On medium speed, add eggs yolks one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add vanilla and mix, scraping down sides of bowl. On low speed, add the flour mixture in three batches, alternating with two batches of buttermilk. Fold in egg whites. Stir with a rubber spatula until the batter is evenly blended.
• Divide batter between pans. Smooth the top of each layer with a small offset spatula.
• Bake until a cake tester inserted into centers comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let cool in pans on wire racks, 20 minutes. Run a knife around edges of cakes to loosen. Invert cakes from pans. Peel off parchment from cakes. Reinvert and let cool completely on racks.

FLUFFY VANILLA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 8-inch round cake pans.
• Cream sugar and butter together in a large bowl using an electric mixer until pale and fluffy, 6 to 7 minutes. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Stir in vanilla extract.
• Combine flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. Add to butter mixture and mix well. Stir in milk until batter is smooth. Pour evenly into the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.

QUICK AND SIMPLE FAIRY CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 355 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease 24 fairy cake cases (muffin cups) or line with paper liners.
• Beat butter and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add 1/2 of the flour and 1/2 of the eggs; whisk until smooth. Add remaining flour and eggs and whisk until batter is light and fluffy; spoon into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 10 to 12 minutes.

LEMON FAIRY CAKES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 170°c Fan. Line two trays (12 holes each) with fairy paper cups. Set aside. In a stand mixer, beat sugar & margarine or butter until light & fluffy. Scrape down the sides a few times.
• Break one egg at a time into a little bowl, add the egg to the sugar mix, beating well after each addition.
• Fold in the flour that has been sifted with bicarbonate of soda, mix in the lemon juice & lemon zest. Then fold in the soured cream a tablespoon at a time, gently mix until smooth. U might not need all the sour cream. Mixture should slowly drop off the back of the spoon.
• I use a small ice cream scoop to fill the cake cases, do not overfill, should be about 2/3s full.
• Tap tray gently on counter a couple of times- this helps to expel excess air & helps to level the cakes.
• Bake on the oven- shelf just above centre.
• Bake one tray at a time, unless your oven is big enough to take two trays side by side.
• Bake for 18-20mins, check after 18mins using the skewer test. When baked, cool in tin 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack & cool completely.
• Ice to your preference.
• Will keep for 2-3days I an airtight container.

FLUFFY LEMON FAIRY CAKES

Steps:

• preheat oven to 170C/Fan 150C/Gas 5
• Cream / beat butter or marg with caster sugar until its blended and creamy, i use muscle and wooden spoon, you can use an electric whisk.
• Beat in the eggs 1 at time, try room temp eggs to stop curdling but dont worry too much if does curdle. Beat in one at time, vanilla, lemon zest and juice, milk and baking powder.
• Gradually add the sefted self raising flour, or sprinkle from height as i do to get air into it. Beat the mixture until its smooth, creamy but firmish. Something like "Angel Delight"
• Fill 12 cupcake cases.. i put the case into a fairy cake tin to keep the caked in position as they are rising. Each case will require a generous dessert spoon full until just below the cake case. Cook in middle of oven for around 15 min.
• You will know the cakes are ready when they are golden and spring back after a light press.
• Allow cakes to cool on a rack for around 10 - 15 min.. you can start making icing.
• For the icing, first mix in the butter into the icing sugar, be patient it will seem like too little butter but keep working it. Then add the water and vanilla essence, work the mixture until a smooth, firm but workable paste. You may need to add more water / icing sugar as you go.
• Take a generous amount on a wide knife put on cake and rotate cake around until you have an even coated amount of icing sugar.
• Allow to set for 5 / 10 min and enjoy!!

SPICED FARMHOUSE FAIRY CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lay out about 18 cupcake (muffin) papers on a baking sheet or place them in a muffin pan.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and margarine until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time using an electric mixer, or the whole thing may be mixed in a blender. Add cinnamon and ginger to the batter and mix well. Stir in the flour until well blended. Spoon a generous tablespoon of the batter into each paper, and level it out.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until the tops spring back when lightly pressed. Dust with confectioners' sugar and cardamom when cooled.

SUPER FLUFFY SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 190C
• In a bowl add all cake ingredients
• Mix until it is a smooth, creamy batter
• Pour into a cake tin and spread right to the edges. Flatten the top.
• Now make up the icing. Add icing sugar to a bowl. Pour in 1 teaspoon of water until it is slightly runny and there are now lumps. Ad food colouring for a burst of colour
• Take the cake out of the oven. Wait until it is completely cool and then coat the top in icing. Add toppings if desired.

LIGHT AND FLUFFY VANILLA CUPCAKES AND BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• weigh out all ingrediants and wash your hands
• then preheat the oven to 160 degrees celcius
• mix together all of your ingrediants untill full with air bubbles
• pour evenly into 12 cupcake cases in a bun tin
• cook for 20 minuites. chech they are cooked by putting a fork in thr cake if its clea its done
• leave to cool for 30 minuites
• mix together your icing sugar and butter untill smooth
• add your vanilla extract and colouring
• decorate using a piping bag or with a spatula
• decorate with sprinkes ect