Easy fairy cakes

• caster sugar↗100g 100g
• butter↗100g very soft 100g very soft
• self-raising flour↗100g 100g
• eggs↗2 2
• vanilla extract↗1 tsp 1 tsp
• butter↗200g very soft 200g very soft
• icing sugar↗200g 200g
• food colouring↗

  sprinkles, marshmallows etc

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Ask a grown-up helper to turn the oven on to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Put a paper case in hole of a 12-hole bun tin.

2. 2

   Put the sugar and butter (it must be soft or you won’t be able to mix it properly) in a bowl and mix it together. Sift in the flour.

3. 3

   Break the eggs into a separate bowl (spoon out any bits of shell that fall in) and add them to the bowl with the vanilla. Mix everything together.

4. 4

   Divide between the cases using a spoon, scraping it off with a knife. Ask a grown-up helper to put the tray in the oven for 20 minutes.

5. 5

   Mix the butter and icing sugar to make a creamy icing. Add colouring, if you like. Push an icing nozzle into an icing bag, then scoop in the icing.

6. 6

   Let the cakes cool completely in the tray. Pipe icing onto each cake and decorate with marshmallows or sprinkles, or whatever you like.