Cooking corner (Page 10 JULY)

Rainbow Fairy Cakes

Fairy  Cakes                                                     Vanilla Butter Cream                                
3 Large Eggs                                                     75g Butter

100g Castor Sugar                                          140g Icing Sugar

75g Plain Flour                                                Vanilla Essence

Selection of food colouring                         30ml Milk

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 190°c, Gas Mark 5 or 170°c for Fan assisted ovens

Line a 12 cup bun tray with bun liners                                                                                      

Whisk eggs and castor sugar in a large bowl until light fluffy

Sieve in the flour and fold using a metal spoon until all the flour is incorporated

Separate the mixture into smaller bowls and add a few drops of the food colouring into each bowl (I used 7 different colours but it works just as well with a smaller selection)

Add a teaspoon of each colour into each bun liner

Bake for 7-10 minutes

To test of they are done prick with a cocktail stick and if it comes out clean they're done. Leave to cool on a wire rack

While the fairy cakes are cooling you can make the vanilla butter cream

Cream the butter in a bowl until soft

Gradually add the icing sugar and a few drops of the vanilla essence

If the mixture is too stiff add the milk until desired consistency is achieved

When the fairy cakes are completely cool take a small amount of the butter cream and spread on with a knife. I like to add hundreds and thousands to my rainbow fairy cakes as well just to give them that little bit extra!                                                      

  RH

Now there’s a Thought......

The immediate nature of our ever growing collection of communication technologies means we are always connected to others; while we’re eating, while we’re reading; even while we’re sleeping. We don’t take any quality time just to ourselves anymore. If we can learn just one thing from the Buddhists, it’s the importance of mindfulness – the awareness of one’s self in the present.  Take the time to switch off, sit down, close your eyes, feel your feet on the floor, take a deep breath and listen to the sounds outside your window. You’ll be surprised at what floats by your mind’s eye.                                                       

   EM