Lemon Top Fairy Cakes

I made two batches of these yummy things, and then was ordered to make another one...totaling to 36. I haven't counted how many are left either...It's one of those "safe" recipes which gives you fast results. When I was little we'd always demand these which were known as "lemon tops" in our household...

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 12 cakes

Ingredients

• 4  ounces unsalted butter, soft
• 2  eggs
• 4  ounces self raising flour, sifted
• 4  ounces caster sugar
• 3  tablespoons milk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract

• Optional extras

•  chocolate chips (optional)

• Icing

• 9  ounces icing sugar
• 3  tablespoons water
• 2  tablespoons lemon juice
• 1  drop  yellow food coloring

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 195°C.
2. Mix all the cake ingredients in a food processor (with or without chocolate chips) and place 3 heaped tsp in each cake case. Bake in the centre of the oven for 15-20 minutes and leave on a wiring rack to cool for a good 30 minutes (if you can resist 'em!). Only ice when cold.
3. For the icing, mix together the 3 ingredients with a fork. If the consistency is too runny, add more icing sugar. Check how lemony the icing is before adding just a tad of food colouring if you prefer them to have that lemon touch! The icing should be almost like a paste, in order for it to stiffen on each fairy cake.