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Cherry Bakewell Fairy Cakes

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 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 8 cakes

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 200 g margarine or unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 200 g caster sugar
  • 200 g self raising flour
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • jam
  • 150 g icing 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.