I am always looking for new ways to use up over ripe bananas. We have so many muffin and cupcake recipes but sometimes you just need little fairy cakes as a sweet treat. These fairy cakes are so simple to make and the perfect thing for the children to have as an afternoon snack without spoiling their dinner – or even for breakfast or dessert.

Fairy cakes are a great alternative to muffins or cupcakes and the kids love them. We use a standard size muffin tin for these cute little bakes but with smaller fairy cake cases – you can get paper cases in so many sizes and styles now. They are so easy to make, the children really enjoy baking them and they have a really lovely flavour too. You really can’t beat cakes with fresh blueberries in!

Can you vary this banana fairy cakes recipe?

I know a lot of people add vanilla to plain cake recipes but I don’t think this one really needs it. It gets all the flavour it needs from the fruit. Having said that, if you don’t have fresh blueberries you could use dried fruit instead for an all year round flavour that the whole family will still enjoy.

We often eat these little baby blueberry cupcakes still warm from the oven or give them just a little dusting of icing sugar before we dive in. You could ice them if you wanted to but they really are lovely just as they are. They’re the perfect addition to any party buffet or afternoon tea spread.

If you’re looking for other recipes to use up ripe bananas you could try our chocolate chip banana muffins, our nutty banana muffin recipe, fruit banana cake or our lovely banana bread recipe.You can see all our overripe banana recipes here and make sure you try our carrot cake fairy cakes too – they’re delicious!

What equipment do you need to make these little fairy cakes?

You will no doubt have most of the equipment you need for this recipe at home already but, in case it helps, here are the things we use to bake these cakes at home:

These are pretty much staples for baking in any home kitchen and once you have them you won’t need to replace them often.

Here’s our easy recipe for Banana Blueberry Fairy Cakes:

Makes: 30 fairy cakes or 20 bigger cakes.

Ingredients

4 eggs
200 g butter/spread
350 g caster sugar
450 g self-raising flour
2 tsp baking powder
3 overripe bananas
150g blueberries

Instructions

Preheat oven 180C/Fan 160C/gas 4
Line muffin pans with fairy cake cases
Put all the ingredients, aside from the blueberries, in a mixing bowl and mix until combined.
Stir in the blueberries.
Spoon the banana mixture into the cake cases and bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes until browned.

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