Smiley cakes
Get creative in the kitchen with these light vanilla sponges topped with icing faces.
Serves: Makes 12
Preparation time: 40 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Cooling time: 45 minutes
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You will need
- For the cakes:
- 175g unsalted English butter, softened
- 175g Fairtrade white caster sugar
- 3 medium British free range Woodland eggs, beaten
- 175g British self raising flour
- 1 teaspoon Taste the Difference Madagascan vanilla extract
- To decorate:
- 150g unsalted English butter, softened
- 300g icing sugar
- 500g (total weight) ready to roll icing, in a variety of colours
- 25g white chocolate buttons
- ½ x pack caramel and chocolate flavoured writing icing
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Recipe Information
Step by step guide to making Smiley cakes
- Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas mark 4. Line a 12 hole muffin tin with paper cupcake cases. In a large mixing bowl, use an electric whisk to beat the butter and caster sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs with a little of the flour, to stop the mixture curdling. Fold in the remaining flour with the vanilla extract, until you have a smooth mixture with no lumps.
- Divide the mixture evenly between the cupcake cases, filling each no more than two-thirds full. Bake for 20-25 minutes until a skewer inserted into the middle of a cake comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- To decorate, use an electric whisk to mix the butter and icing sugar until combined. Spoon on top of the cupcakes and smooth with a palette knife to create slightly domed tops.
- Roll out the coloured ready to roll icing, then, using a 7cm round cutter, stamp out 12 discs and carefully place one on top of each cupcake.
- Use the icing trimmings, the writing icing and white chocolate buttons to create quirky faces. (Use the writing icing for finer details such as smiley mouths and the centres of the eyes, and use extra blobs to help fix the decorations in place.)
Cook's tip: You can buy individual packs of coloured ready to roll icing, packs of mixed colours, or buy a large blcok of white icing and make your own colours using food colouring.
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Nutritional information for Smiley cakes
Nutritional information for Smiley cakes
| Nutrition type | per serving |
|---|---|
| Calories | 584 kcal |
| Total Fat | 26.8g |
| Saturated Fat | 16.9g |
| Salt | 0.17g |
| Sugar | 71.5g |