Nikki's Fairy Cakes and Sponge Cake Recipe

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Ingredients
150g Self-Raising Flour
150g Caster Sugar
150g Butter
3 medium eggs - beaten
1 x 15ml (1Tbsp) water

Optional:
Strawberry Jam to fill and icing sugar to dust OR
Butter icing to fill and/ or decorate
Add cocoa to mixture to make a "chocolate" cake


Method

Preheat fan oven to 170C, conventional 190C, Gas Mark 5/ Grease and line 2 x 18cm (7inch) sandwich tins (or use cup cases in a bun tray for Fairy Cakes).
Sift flour into bowl and put to one side. 

Beat together sugar and butter until light and fluffy.

Gradually add the beaten eggs and water with a little of the flour. 

Fold in the remainder of the flour until all the ingredients are combined (add the cocoa if making chocolate version). 

Turn into prepared tins and level the surface. 

Bake for 25-35 minutes until well risen, golden and firm. 

Cool in the tins for 5 mins, turn out and cool fully on a wire rack. 

Sandwich together with jam or butter icing and either dust with icing sugar or decorate to taste.