Cherry Bakewell Fairy Cakes have all the flavour of traditional cherry bakewell tarts but in a delicious cake form. Perfect for a tea party of buffet spread.
Course Afternoon Tea, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, British
Keyword baking
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 8cakes
Ingredients
2eggs
200gmargarine or unsalted butter at room temperature
200gcaster sugar
200gself raising flour
1tspalmond extract
jam
150gicing sugar
glace cherries
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4
Line a muffin tin with paper cake cases
Break the eggs into a mixing bowl with the butter, caster sugar and self raising flour and mix well
Add the almond extract and beat
Add a spoon of mixture to each of the pastry cases before topping with a teaspoon of jam
Add another spoon of cake batter in each case to cover the jam
Bake for 15-18 minutes or until lightly browned and leave to cool on a wire rack
When completely cooled, mix the icing sugar with a little water until you’ve made lovely thick icing
Add a spoonful to each cake and top with half a glace cherry
Leave to set and then enjoy!
*Note: Nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published.