Fairy cakes

• 4 oz margarine
• 4 oz caster sugar
• 2 medium eggs
• 6 oz self raising flour
• 9 oz icing sugar
• 3 tbsp cold water
• 1 tbsp sugar strands

1. Preheat the oven to 200C
2. Place 20 small baking cases onto two flat baking trays and put to one side for later
3. In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and margarine with a wooden spoon until light and fluffy
4. Crack the two eggs into a separate bowl and whisk together.
5. Slowly beat this into the sugar/margarine mixture a little at a time
6. Fold in the flour
7. Place a heaped teaspoon of mixture into every baking case
8. Bake in the oven for 15-20 mins then leave to cool
9. To make the icing, sieve the icing sugar into a bowl and slowly add the water a little at a time until it becomes a smooth paste
10. Once the cakes are cool put a little icing on the middle of each cake and sprinkle with sugar strands

margarine, caster sugar, eggs, flour, icing sugar, cold water, sugar

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/340707-fairy-cakes (may not work)