Chocolate chip fairy cakes
Simple classic fairy cakes, perfect for every day treats or parties. This recipe is with chocolate chips but you can add sprinkles or fruit.
Chocolate chip fairy cakes
Ingredients
- 6 oz margarine
- 6 oz caster sugar
- 6 oz self-raising flour
- 2 eggs, beaten
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 100 g chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180ºc / 350ºf / Gas 4. Place cup cases on 2 12 hole cake /Yorkshire tins, will help to keep perfect round cakes.
- In a bowl, mix together the margarine and caster sugar until light and fluffy.
- In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and add the vanilla extract. In another bowl add the flour and baking powder.
- Sift a third of the flour in the butter mixture and combine, add the egg and stir together. Alternate until all combined. Pour in the chocolate chips and stir.
- Divide the mixture up into the case cases.
- Bake in the oven for 25mins, or until golden (see tip). Leave to cool.
Top tip:
- If you press in the middle of the cake and it bounces back up it's cooked.