Nellie Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 I'm not the best of cooks as Mr Nellie will tell you, but I'm not bad at Fairy Cakes. Mrs Nellie-in-Law is coming to visit tomorrow, so I have made some cakes. I hope they taste OK! *worries* Quote
Stephanie2008 Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 They look lovely. I can never get my fairy cakes to stay flat. They always go up into a point at the middle Quote
madcow Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 Yummy can I have one with lemon on top please Quote
kay_loves_purple Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 Wow! They look lovely! The ones with lemon on top are my favorites too I just bet they are yummy too Quote
Nellie Posted December 29, 2008 Author Posted December 29, 2008 *hands lemon cake to Madcow and Kay* The trick to not making them go up in the middle is not to over fill the cake case. Only 1/3 full of mixture, and then they stay flat, or at least mine do. Any more than that and they rise too much. Quote
Stephanie2008 Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 Well I'm going to steal all the ones with the chocolate buttons on them Yum Yum! Quote
Nollaig Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 They do look yummy!! I love baking fairy cakes, they're the one thing I can bake well. Quote
lexiepiper Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 Ohh I love baking and these look gorgeous! Quote
Ceinwenn Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 Do you know, I have lived in this country for almost 9 years & I have never had a fairy cake! (Why are they called that?) Quote
Nollaig Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 I have no idea, I (in Ireland) actually call them Queen Cakes. Quote
Ceinwenn Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 I have no idea, I (in Ireland) actually call them Queen Cakes. Interesting! Quote
Nollaig Posted December 29, 2008 Posted December 29, 2008 I don't know why. I used to just call them buns, but due to the apparant hilarity of expressions involving the words 'my buns' I started calling them Queen Cakes. Twas invoked by the childishness of the masses. Quote
chrysalis_stage Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 wow they look yummy, i want cake now......i always thought cakes that had the top cut out and then cut in half and placed back on top to look like wings were fairy cakes? I guess there are many interpretations all over as is with most things. see below (sorry couldnt make pics smaller) the ones on the top left Quote
Ben Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 (edited) Because it makes me want to eat them, aha. I'm off to read now anyway. Edited January 22, 2009 by Ben Quote
chrysalis_stage Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 Because it makes me want to eat them, aha. I'm off to read now anywau/ you got me worried i did something really bad then, enjoy! Quote
Nollaig Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 you got me worried i did something really bad then, enjoy! Lmao awwwhhhh. I must go baking! And take pictures. Quote
Guest ii Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 Okay, so what's the difference between a Fairy Cake and a cupcake? Quote
Nollaig Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 Nothing. I was going to say that to you the other day when we were talking about baking. (Or was that only yesterday...? I need to lay off posting...) ANYWAY - I was going to say that I love that you call them cupcakes. Its a sensible name, since they sit in paper cups, and its cute. Fairy cakes, Queen cakes, whatever - those names make no sense. Quote
Guest ii Posted January 22, 2009 Posted January 22, 2009 It WAS yesterday! *laughs* I like that name too.* And then there's 'muffins'. But glad to know there's no difference. It's just that I come from such a weird background that sometimes the most obvious things don't make sense to me. And all things British are unknown to me, I have no connection to UK. * Cupcakes featured in a big part in both my reaction to BF's proposal and my dropping-out-of-school plan, I love cupcakes! Quote
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