And just like that, Christmas is here! Our tree is And just like that, Christmas is here! Our tree is up, the Santa hats are out and the first doors on our advent calendars are open.

I love this time of year. It is my favourite. And it’s one of the few times still full of magic even as an adult. I’m going to be soaking up every minute of joy the next few weeks bring and I hope December is full of moments of joy for you too.

Happy December! 🎄
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They stay in ‘their’ room overnight but explore the house during the day, getting more confident as time passes. They even got to the point of relaxing on the sofa with us last night.

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Baking Recipes, Recipes · February 24, 2022

Super Easy Blueberry Fairy Cakes Recipe

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Although we make Banana and Blueberry Fairy Cakes often, we can only make them when we have bananas going past their best. In between, we like to make simple blueberry cakes as a delicious treat whenever we feel like it.

Super Easy Blueberry Fairy Cakes

What do you need for these little blueberry cupcakes?

For these blueberry fairy cakes you just need typical cake ingredients plus fresh blueberries although you could try using frozen blueberries instead. We also have these cakes straight from the oven without decorating them but you could dust them with icing sugar to make them a little bit more fancy. You could also top them with a simple cream cheese frosting too but we just love them plain.

A lot of people like lemon blueberry cakes and if you wanted to have a lemon flavour simply switch the vanille extract for lemon juice or a little lemon zest.

Super Easy Blueberry Fairy Cakes

This easy blueberry cake recipe is so great for busy family life. They can be enjoyed for breakfast, as an afternoon tea treat or as part of a buffet spread if you’re looking for party ideas where food is concerned. They are a really simple bake for whenever you feel like it and the kids love them.

If you’re looking for other simple bakes to make, here’s our Oaty Fruity Banana Muffins, Chocolate Chip Fairy Cakes and Madeira Cake recipes. You can see all our recipes to date here.

Super Easy Blueberry Fairy Cakes

What equipment do you need to make these mini blueberry cakes?

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

  • A 12 hole muffin tin
  • Paper cake cases
  • A mixing bowl
  • Scales
  • A wooden spoon
  • Measuring spoons
  • A wire rack

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 Blueberry Fairy Cakes Recipe:

Baking ingredients

  • eggs
  • unsalted butter at room temperature
  • caster sugar
  • self raising flour
  • 1tsp vanilla extract
  • blueberries

Recipe

  • Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4
  • Line a muffin tin with paper cake cases
  • Break the eggs into a mixing bowl and weigh them
  • Add the same weight of butter, caster sugar and self raising flour and mix well
  • Add the same weight of blueberries to the cake mix
  • Add one teaspoon of vanilla extract – I use 1tsp of vanilla for every 3 eggs
  • Beat well and spoon the cake batter into the paper cases
  • Bake for 15-18 minutes or until lightly browned and leave to cool on a wire rack

If you’d like to pin or print the Blueberry Fairy Cakes Recipe for later you can do so at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!

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Super Easy Blueberry Fairy Cakes

These blueberry cakes are a great way of using up leftover blueberries or you could use frozen ones if you wanted. Sweet, moist and delicious.
Course Afternoon Tea, Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, British
Keyword baking
Prep Time 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes minutes
Servings 18 cakes

Ingredients

  • eggs
  • unsalted butter at room temperature
  • caster sugar
  • self raising flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • blueberries

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4
  • Line a muffin tin with paper cake cases
  • Break the eggs into a mixing bowl and weigh them
  • Add the same weight of butter, caster sugar and self raising flour and mix well
  • Add the same weight of blueberries to the cake mix
  • Add one teaspoon of vanilla extract – I use 1tsp of vanilla for every 3 eggs
  • Beat well and spoon the cake batter into the paper cases
  • Bake for 15-18 minutes or until lightly browned and leave to cool on a wire rack

*Note: Nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published.

Super Easy Blueberry Fairy Cakes

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  1. Tina Bailey says

    February 26, 2022 at 7:19 pm

    These look epic! And so easy! I’m definitely going to give them a try!

    Reply
  2. Baishakhi says

    June 5, 2022 at 9:32 am

    It looks amazing. Thank you for sharing this recipe.

    Reply

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