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Caption: Irish Mammy’s Fairy Cakes
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Caption: Watch the pages turn to make a batch of Irish mammy’s fairy cakes
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Caption: Ingredients
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Caption: 250g butter
250g sugar
350g flour
1 tsp baking powder
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
4 tbsp cold water
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Caption: Method
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Caption: Beat together the butter and sugar until pale in colour
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Caption: Add the eggs slowly
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Caption: Mix together the flour and baking powder and fold into the wet mix
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Caption: Add the vanilla essence and water and mix thoroughly
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Caption: Spoon the mix into cases
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Caption: Bake At 180 Degrees Celsius for 15 minutes
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Caption: Cool on a wire rack
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Caption: Decorate with Glaze icing, hundreds & thousands, chocolate spread, sweets or...
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Caption: Cut the top of and cut in half. Pipe on whipped cream and arrange the top to form a “butterfly”
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Caption: Great for afternoon tea