I’ve been having a bit of a lemon moment recently.
Normally I’ll reach for something chocolatey when I’m in the mood for something sweet, but lately I’ve been really fancying lemon. Lemon cheesecake, lemon slices, lemon puff biscuits (these come with the added bonus of reminding me of my Nan!). Anything goes really, as long as it’s lemon.
So after baking chocolate fairy cakes with the kids yesterday I took advantage of all the ingredients and equipment being out and whipped up a batch of lemon fairy cakes, with a yummy lemony surprise in the middle!
The recipe is a basic fairy cake recipe that has never failed me, but with the addition of some lemon juice in the mixture for a bit of zing and a nice dollop of lemon curd in the middle which adds that little extra lemon-y-ness – yum!
So, here we go, my easy lemon fairy cake recipe, with a tasty lemon curd filling.
What you need:
- 2 eggs
- 4oz (110g) self raising flour
- 4oz (110g) caster sugar
- 4oz (110g) butter
- Juice of two lemons
- Some lemon curd
What you do:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
- Pop about 13 cake cases onto a baking tray
- Cream together the butter and sugar
- Mix in the eggs and then stir in the flour
- Stir in the lemon juice
- Put about a teaspoonful of mixture in each cake case
- Add about a third of a teaspoon of lemon curd
- Cover the lemon curd with another teaspoon of cake mixture.
- Bake the cakes for about 12-15 minutes, until they spring back slightly when you press them
- Leave to cool and then sprinkle some icing sugar over the top to pretty them up!
Enjoy!
I adore lemon cake, it is always my first choice to buy or bake. I have done lemon fairy cakes before, but they are definitely on my list now. They look delicious x #TheList
They were really tasty, the lemon curd makes them so good! x
I am so excited you shared this recipe, I saw it on your Instagram and knew I have to make these, or get my 11 year old mini chef to make them lol. Thanks for sharing this!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! I really hope you love them! x
I love lemon in puddings and cake! I’ve used lemon curd in cakes and it works really well and helps to keep it moist. These beauties look so light and airy, yum! #TheList
Lemon is great isn’t it! I need to make these again soon I think, this batch didn’t last long at all after my kids tried them and liked them too! x
These sound gorgeous and so simple to make. Thank you for sharing X #thelist
They really are simple to make, and so good! x