Mini party cakes

Name: Mini party cakes
Ingredients: 175 g/6 oz/¾ cup butter, softened; 5 ml/1 tsp vanilla extract; 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups self-raising (self-rising) flour, sifted; 175 g/6 oz/¾ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 4 eggs, lightly beaten; food colouring in 4 colours; 150 g/5 oz/1¼ cups icing (confectioners’) sugar, sifted; 115 g/4 oz white sugarpaste; food colouring in 4 colours; sherbet-filled flying saucer sweets (candies)

Preparation info

Makes
48
tiny cakes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

Once these pretty party cakes are iced, a sherbet ‘flying saucer’ sweet is stuck on top of each one, before being decorated with butterflies and flowers.

Ingredients

175 g/6 oz/¾ cup butter, softened
175

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Line the cups of four 12-cup mini cupcake trays with paper cases.
Beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Gradually add the eggs and beat well after each addition. Add the vanilla and flour and fold into