{"id":1145,"slug":"fairy-cakes","title":"Fairy Cakes","description":"Fairy cakes are the British equivalent of American cupcakes. A common variant on fairy cakes is butterfly cakes, where the top of the cake is cut out and shaped to look like butterfly wings.","ingredients_raw":["125 g (4.4 oz) butter","¾ cup (165 g / 5.8 oz) caster sugar","1 tsp vanilla or lemon extract","2 eggs","2 cups (275 g / 9.7 oz) self-raising flour","½ cup (125 ml / 4.2 oz) milk","½ cup (140 g / 4.9 oz) jam (optional)","½ cup (125 ml / 4.2 oz) cream (optional), whipped","Icing sugar for dusting (optional)"],"ingredients_norm":["butter","superfine sugar","vanilla or lemon extract","egg","self raising flour","milk","jam","cream","icing sugar"],"steps":["Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla until creamy.","Beat in the eggs one at a time.","Fold in the sifted flour alternately with the milk.","Transfer batter to 18 greased or lined muffin cups, filling the cavities about ¾ full.","Bake at 180 C for 12–15 minutes until well risen and golden. Cool on a rack.","Cut out a small circle in the top of each cake (using a small knife), and cut each circle in half to make the butterfly \"wings\".","Spoon a little jam in the centre hollow, and top with whipped cream.","Arrange the wings into the cream.","Dust with icing sugar before serving."],"categories":["Cake recipes","Baking recipes","Recipes using butter","Recipes using egg","Recipes for dessert","Recipes for cupcakes","Recipes using whipped cream","Recipes using superfine sugar","Recipes using self-raising flour","Recipes using fruit preserves","Recipes using milk"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":60,"servings":null,"yield_text":"18 cakes","difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Fairy_Cakes","source_ref":"4522393","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Fairy_Cakes&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"5cb36078aca7382ff3eb9a177ca7e9e934151d8aef681cd84ec81cf9768877d5","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:01Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/fairy-cakes"}