Strawberry Fairy Cup Cakes

Ingredients-
Butter - 100 g
Granulated sugar (superfine)  - 1 cup
Eggs -3
All purpose flour - 1 1/2 cup
Strawberry crush - 4 -5 tbsp
Baking powder - 1 1/3 tsp

For decoration -
cream - 100 g
Icing sugar - 1/2 cup
strawberry flavouring - 2-3 drops
Red colour - a drop
Strawberry jam - 2-3 tbsp
Silver balls or choco chips - to decorate
Icing sugar - to sprinkle

Method -
1. Cream the butter until light, beat in the sugar in two batches until double.
2. Add the eggs, beating after each addition.
3. Sift the flour and baking powder together and mix in the batter thoroughly alternating with the strawberry crush.
4. Spoon into individual grease proof cake tins and bake at 350F for 15-20 minutes or until done.
5. Remove it on to a cooling rack.

For decoration -
1. whip the cream with sugar, strawberry essence and colouring until stiff.
2. Spoon it into a piping bag with a star nozzle.
3. Using a round cutter, remove the centre of each cake and cut the circle in half.
4. Spoon a little jam into each cake and then pipe a swirl of pink icing into it.
5. Arrange the two half circles on the icing, in the shape of butterflie's wings, decorate each cake with a silver ball and choco chips and dredge with icing sugar.
   Enjoy this delicious cake on tea parties and on B'days.