fairy cake BrE

Cupcakes used to be known as fairy cakes, until something happened a few years ago.

Line a 12-hole fairy cake tin with paper cases.

"Hey," he said, "is that really a piece of fairy cake?"

So everything from a 25lb turkey to a full complement of 50 fairy cakes will be done to a turn.

The top of the fairy cake is cut off or carved out with a spoon, and cut in half.

"Send in a nice pot of tea and a couple of fairy cakes, will you?"

I'm also slightly perplexed by the whole fairy cake, cup cake thing.

Behind the drop-down door is ample space - enough for a 10lb chicken or 20 fairy cakes.

Fairy cakes are a doddle to make and great fun to decorate with a personalised touch.

No I can't do fairy cakes.

She had a bottle of milk and a bag of fairy cakes in her hand, the tears running down her face.

Nellie, alerted by Broom, goes after him, but arrives only just in time to find George eating from a fairy cake.

There are also fairy cakes, simple small sponge cakes which can be iced or eaten plain.

I've made fudge fingers and fairy cakes."

Can't do fairy cakes.

Fairy cakes may refer to:

"We were passing, we saw your light and we knew we'd get a friendly welcome and a fairy cake," said Frost.

I'd like to see anybody make a palatable fairy cake out of a mess of stone-ground husks!"

He made his stately way out of the room, leaving her to enjoy tiny sandwiches, hot buttered toast and fairy cakes as light as air.

The name "fairy cake" is a fanciful description of its size, which would be appropriate for a party of diminutive fairies to share.

A butterfly cake is a variant of cupcake, also called fairy cake for its fairy-like "wings".

Dumplings and fairy cakes are on the menu as Nisha and her friends go to Glasgow.

'My present favourite for prettiness -and the kids love them - are little fairy cakes.

A cupcake (or fairy cake) is a small cake made to serve one person, usually made in a small paper cup container.

We only have about an hour in total to cook/make something and i want to try and stay away from muffins, fairy cakes etc etc.