It's a classic...
Kids love cooking fairy buns especially for party. It's a great way to introduce them to baking.
Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
Fill the baking trays with bun cases.
Make sure the butter is soft and mix it with the sugar in a bowl.
Sift in the flour.
Break the eggs into a separate bowl (spoon out any bits of shell that fall in) and add them to the bowl with the vanilla. Mix everything together.
Divide between the cases using a spoon, scraping it off with a knife.
Cook in oven for 20 minutes.
When cooked, leave to cool in the tray while you make the icing.
Mix the butter and icing sugar to make the icing.
Spread the icing onto each bun and decorate with sprinkles or whatever you like.
The kids can do literally everything here. If you have very little ones, they could even help by putting the bun cases into the baking trays. Adult supervision is obviously needed with getting the trays in and out of the oven.
Variations
Adding a drop of food colouring to the icing sugar makes a lovely colourful topping!
Add mini marshmallows, chocolate buttons or fancy sprinkles to decorate your fairy cakes.
This mixture only makes 12 and they're so yummy, it's worth doubling up and making 24!
Ingredients
Directions
Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
Fill the baking trays with bun cases.
Make sure the butter is soft and mix it with the sugar in a bowl.
Sift in the flour.
Break the eggs into a separate bowl (spoon out any bits of shell that fall in) and add them to the bowl with the vanilla. Mix everything together.
Divide between the cases using a spoon, scraping it off with a knife.
Cook in oven for 20 minutes.
When cooked, leave to cool in the tray while you make the icing.
Mix the butter and icing sugar to make the icing.
Spread the icing onto each bun and decorate with sprinkles or whatever you like.
