Lemon Fairy Cakes Recipe

I've just made these yummy little treats and thought I'd post the recipe! I didn't get this recipe from anywhere specific - It's just from my general knowledge.

Lemon Fairy Cakes Recipe - Makes about 25

You will need:

200g of self-raising flour

200g of caster sugar

200g of soft butter or margarine

3 large eggs/4 medium eggs

1 teaspoon of baking powder

The rind of 1 lemon

Lemon juice (About half a lemons worth)

Lemon icing-

100g icing sugar (This will cover about 12 fairy cakes. If you do not want buttercream or plain ones, just double the amount)

1-2 tablespoons of lemon juice

1-2 tablespoons of water

Lemon buttercream (I didn't weigh these ingredients, so just use your own judgement!)-

Butter or margarine

Caster sugar

Lemon juice

1. Preheat the oven to 190C and line your bun trays with baking cases.

2. Cream together the butter, sugar, beaten eggs, lemon rind and lemon juice.

3. Add in the flour and baking powder, and beat well.

4. Distribute the mixture evenly in the baking cases.

5. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes.

6. Wait until the fairy cakes are cool and then decorate with lemon icing and/or buttercream (To make the icing and/or buttercream, just beat the ingredients together).