Children's Party Cakes Recipes - Iced Fancies Cake

Ingredients

• 115g butter, at room temperature

• 225g caster sugar

• 2 eggs, at room temperature

• 175g plain flour

• 1.5ml salt

• 7.5ml baking powder

• 120ml milk

• 5ml vanilla essence

• For the Icing

• 2 large egg whites

• 400g sifted icing sugar

• 1-2 drops glycerin juice of 1 lemon

• food colorings

• colored vermicelli, to decorate

• crystallized lemon and orange slices, to decorate

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 190.C/375'F/Gas 5. Line a 16-bun tray with paper cases.

2. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift over and stir in the flour, salt and baking powder, alternating with the milk. Add the vanilla essence.

3. Half-fill the cups and bake for about 20 minutes, or until the tops spring back when touched. Stand in the tray to cool for 5 minutes, then unmould on to a wire rack.

4. For the icing, beat the egg whites until stiff. Gradually add the sugar, glycerin and lemon juice, and beat for 1 minute.