Sugarplum fairy cakes recipe | delicious. magazine

Sugarplum fairy cakes recipe | delicious. magazine

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Fluffy fairy cakes are dotted with nuggets of marzipan and topped with buttercream and caramel shards. A cake truly fit for a fairy queen.

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Ingredients

  • For the sponge
  • 120g unsalted butter, softened
  • 110g caster sugar
  • 2 large free-range eggs
  • 120g self-raising flour
  • 100g marzipan, chopped into 0.5cm square chunks
  • For the caramel shards
  • 150g caster sugar
  • 20 cardamom pods, seeds removed and crushed (pods discarded)
  • For the buttercream
  • 200g lightly salted butter, softened
  • 300g icing sugar
  • 1-2 tbsp milk (as needed)
  • Finely grated zest 1 lemon
  • You’ll also need…
  • 12-hole cupcake tin
  • 12 cupcake cases
  • Piping bag & star nozzle (optional)

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