Lemon Top Fairy Cakes

Ingredients

• 4 ounces unsalted butter, soft
• 2 eggs
• 4 ounces self raising flour, sifted
• 4 ounces caster sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Optional extras

• chocolate chips (optional)

Icing

• 9 ounces icing sugar
• 3 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 drop yellow food coloring

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 195°C.

2. 2

   Mix all the cake ingredients in a food processor (with or without chocolate chips) and place 3 heaped tsp in each cake case. Bake in the centre of the oven for 15-20 minutes and leave on a wiring rack to cool for a good 30 minutes (if you can resist 'em!). Only ice when cold.

3. 3

   For the icing, mix together the 3 ingredients with a fork. If the consistency is too runny, add more icing sugar. Check how lemony the icing is before adding just a tad of food colouring if you prefer them to have that lemon touch! The icing should be almost like a paste, in order for it to stiffen on each fairy cake.