Redcurrant iced fairy cakes recipe

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Makes12
SkillEasy
Preparation Time15 mins
Cooking Time15 mins
Total Time30 mins
Cost RangeCheap

It takes just 15 minutes to bake these deliciously sweet redcurrant iced fairy cakes. The soft sponges are made with light muscovado sugar and wholemeal self-raising flour. 

These redcurrant iced fairy cakes look beautiful - and there's not a hint of food colouring in sight. Fresh redcurrants and unrefined icing sugar is all it takes to make this vibrant pink coloured icing. Top with more redcurrants.

Ingredients

For the fairy cakes:

  • 125g(5oz) butter, at room temperature
  • 125g (5oz) Light Muscovado sugar
  • 2 medium eggs
  • 125g (5oz) wholemeal Self-Raising Flour
  • 2 tbsp milk

For the icing:

  • 100g (4oz) redcurrants
  • 300g (12oz) Golden Icing sugar
  • 12 sprigs of 2-3 redcurrants

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Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC (180ºC fan, gas 6. Line a patty tin with 12 paper cases. Put the butter and Light Muscovado sugar into a bowl and mix together with an electric mixer until the mixture becomes light and fluffy.
  2. Gradually whisk in the eggs, then sieve in the flour, tipping in the bran that doesn't pass through the sieve holes. Add the milk and gently fold everything together.
  3. Divide the mixture between the paper cases. Bake for 15 minutes until the cakes are risen and pale golden. Cool on a wire rack.
  4. Remove the redcurrants from the stems, with a fork and put them into a food processor. Whiz until smooth and add halve of the Golden Icing sugar, whiz again until combined, then add the remaining Golden Icing sugar, blend again until smooth.
  5. Spoon redcurrant icing on top of fairy cakes and finish with a sprig of 2-3 fresh redcurrants.

Top tips for making redcurrant iced fairy cakes

Swap the redcurrants for strawberries, blueberries, or raspberries to make the icing.

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Jessica Dady
Food Editor

Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 12 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies