Little Gems
Servings 65 gems
Ingredients
Cake
- 75 g butter
- 2 eggs large
- 100 g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 75 g caster sugar
- 1 tbsp milk
Decoration
- 100 g icing sugar sifted
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
Cake
- Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees/ gas 4. Arrange about 65 petit fours cases on baking trays.
- Measure all the cake ingredients into a bowl and beat well until thoroughly blended. Spoon scant teaspoonfuls of the mixture into the cases, being care not to overfill.
- Bake in the pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes until well risen and pale golden brown. Cool on a wire rack
Icing
- Measure the icing sugar into a bowl and add the lemon juice until its a spreading consistency. Spoon a little in top of each cooled gem and spread out with the back of a teaspoon.