I have amended the low-fat sponge cake a little to make lemon fairy cakes - they work out as 1/2 a sin each and are lovely.
Going to try to make chocolate ones tommorrow by swapping 1/2 the flour for cocoa and the lemon essence for vanilla essence!
Lemon Fairy Cakes (½ sin each)
6 eggs
2 ounces self raising flour (9 sins)
9 tablespoons granulated sweetener
2 teaspoons lemon essence
Rind of 2 lemons
Juice of 1 lemon
Whisk up egg whites until stiff
In a separate bowl whisk egg yolks with either the lemon essence, lemon juice & sweetener, add a 1/4 of the egg white & beat until pale yellow.
Add the flour and lemon rinf gradually & fold into the mix carefully, when done add the rest of the egg whites & fold in.
Split between 18 muffin cases (in baking tins) & bake in the over on 180 for about 10 to 12 mins, until golden & firm to the touch.
Take out of the oven and leave to cool.
For topping:
½ tub quark
1 teaspoon of lemon essence
5 tablespoons granulated sweetener
Juice of 1 lemon
Beat the quark with the lemon essence, lemon juice & sweetener, when ready to serve top each cake with a spoon of the topping.
6 eggs
2 ounces self raising flour (9 sins)
9 tablespoons granulated sweetener
2 teaspoons lemon essence
Rind of 2 lemons
Juice of 1 lemon
Whisk up egg whites until stiff
In a separate bowl whisk egg yolks with either the lemon essence, lemon juice & sweetener, add a 1/4 of the egg white & beat until pale yellow.
Add the flour and lemon rinf gradually & fold into the mix carefully, when done add the rest of the egg whites & fold in.
Split between 18 muffin cases (in baking tins) & bake in the over on 180 for about 10 to 12 mins, until golden & firm to the touch.
Take out of the oven and leave to cool.
For topping:
½ tub quark
1 teaspoon of lemon essence
5 tablespoons granulated sweetener
Juice of 1 lemon
Beat the quark with the lemon essence, lemon juice & sweetener, when ready to serve top each cake with a spoon of the topping.
Going to try to make chocolate ones tommorrow by swapping 1/2 the flour for cocoa and the lemon essence for vanilla essence!
