Fairy Cakes Recipe – Call it Vanilla Cupcakes OR Fairy Cup cakes or Queen Cakes, this recipe for 30 Minutes Fairy Cupcakes is foolproof, incredibly easy and kids friendly too.
All you need is a Bowl & a Whisk!
Serve them for breakfast along with our Red Velvet Pancakes.
Learn how to make these easy Fairy Cakes without Butter with video tutorial.
FAIRY CAKES WITH OIL RECIPE
I grew up in India enjoying our very own Bakery cupcakes from the local bakeries. Since relocating to UK 15 years back, I have missed these dainty delights. Vanilla cakes were available locally, but somehow they did not match in flavors.
I started baking with simple recipes from the book borrowed from the library. With time, I have made this recipe so many times and with lots of adjustments, until I found my perfectly easy Queen Cakes recipe without butter!
As much as You love this Fairy Cupcakes, you will also love this EGGLESS BLUEBERRY MUFFINS & ONE BOWL MANGO CAKE RECIPE with oil. Its Eggless & Butterless or this CARROT CAKE with Oil.
Check out my easy Garlic Knots recipe and dinner rolls recipe that you are sure to love.
WHY SHOULD YOU TRY IT?
Nothing can beat a freshly baked cupcake recipe
Kids friendly . This can be a great recipe to introduce your children to baking
All you need is a bowl & whisk! You don’t need a stand mixer or hand mixer.
Ready in flat 30 minutes.
Double or even Triple this recipe for birthday parties.
WATCH A QUICK VIDEO ON HOW TO MAKE EASY CUP CAKES RECIPE
INGREDIENTS YOU WILL NEED FOR SIMPLE FAIRY CAKES
All the ingredients for Fairy Cupcakes are measured in Cups, for kids friendly baking exercise too! Detailed ingredient measurements, instructions, and notes can be found on the printable recipe card at the bottom of the page. Here is a summary:
Plain Flour
Sugar
Eggs
Oil
Vanilla extract
Milk
Baking Powder
HOW TO MAKE FAIRY CUPCAKES STEP BY STEP
This recipe is simple and straightforward. First and foremost gather the ingredients.
Preheat the oven to 200 C. Arrange muffin liners in the tray.
Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl.
Add the wet ingredients one by one and whisk in between each addition.
Once the muffin batter / cake batter is ready, fill the muffin liners up to 3/4.
Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes. Check with skewer if they are ready.
Remove the fairy cakes from the oven. Allow them to cool down and serve warm.
If you love to decorate them, allow the cupcakes to cool completely. Pour the prepared icing on the top and serve.
HOW MANY FAIRY CAKES CAN I MAKE WITH THIS MEASUREMENTS?
This measurements yields 6 large cupcakes or you can make 8 small ones.
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HAVE YOU MADE THIS RECIPE ?
This fairy cupcakes tastes delicious with our 3 Ingredients Instant strawberry jam too.
Post a photo on my Facebook page, share it on Instagram, or save it to Pinterest with the tag #sandhyaskitchen. I would love to see your take on this easy peasy recipe.
FAIRY CUP CAKES RECIPE | QUEEN CAKES RECIPE

Ingredients
- 3/4 Cup Plain Flour
- 1/2 Cup Sugar
- 4 Tbsp Sunflower Oil
- 4 Tsp Milk
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 Tsp Baking Powder
Instructions
- Combine flour , sugar and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
- Add oil , milk , vanilla extract and eggs one after the other giving a good mix inbetween. Make sure all the ingredients get combined well. .Â
- Preheat the oven to 200 C . Line the muffin tray with muffin paper.Alternatively just grease the muffin tray. Fill the moulds upto 3/4th cup.
- Bake for 20 minutes roughly and check with a wooden skewer.
- Allow them to cool on a wire rack.
- Ice and decorate the basic fairy cake as desired.
Looks so fluffy and soft…Luv the cake
They look so pretty, and sounds good,nice clicks Sandhya!
hahaha .. so cute of him 🙂 … loved the clicks and yes it is damn simple and I have got everything to make it .. uhuuu am already off to bake this one 🙂 …
Nice clicks Sandhya.. I wanna pop one in my mouth now.. The method looks so simple.. I am yet to buy an oven.. This will be the first to be baked..
Yup Hema.. it is very simple .. and u dont need any spl gadgets too..
sooper cool pavithra.. Let me know how it turns out…
thanks Raks.. tat v quick indeed
Try em.. Sharmilee.. u wont b disappointed..!
@ Dr Sameena.. thank u .. for ur lovely comments..
Have a fab day!
Interesting name n perfectly baked fluffy cakes…awesome!!
Hahaha kids do say the darnedest things right 🙂
i love vanilla cakes so so much..
wow looks perfect
Those fairy cup cakes look so cute. Simple and delicious!
Wow, these cakes are really fairy cakes. Bookmarked.
Lovely clicks.
cute boy…too tempting
Oh..they look adorable..lovely name!!
US Masala
thanks aipi…
Try them Nivi and let me know…
ur kids will love them..
@ Shama.. thannk u.. he is quite cheeky tooo..
@Sandhya Hariharan Nice post here! anyways, the cupcake looks very delicious.
@ Prathima Rao.. thanks gal 🙂
@ Open Book : These lil ones are soo much observant! and Love the way they stunn us.
I love those bakery cup cakes Sandhya, def making them over the weekend,Thanx for sharing…
@ Jais…
thank u for dropping by!! and ur lovely comments
@Raven: thank u soo much.. try em .. housemates will love it..
@Kairali sisters Sure.. sis's .. and lemme know.. eagerly waiting to hear ur sucess…
awesome one… Love the lil one's smart answers…
wow those cup cakes looks so soft n tempting …love the name too
Satya
http://www.superyummyrecipes.com
what a lovely excuse for not bringing the pen and I am so amazed that a 2.5 yr. can talk this much. My boy was a late talker.
The cupcakes look amazing!!!
@Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal I was totally stunned.. too .
yday my lil one wakes up and says.. Message in Facebook… tat left me speechless
@Satya< bold> thanks satya.. try them.. and its damn simple
@Home Cooked Oriya Food
thank u ..
these tiny ones are really smart.. and beyond our imagination
looks very simple & very yummy!!
LOve the name ..so is the recipe….looks so simple and tasty….will try it…
Cute looking cupcakes, feel like grabbing..
Ur tiny tot is such a cute one ! Luv the cup cakes too … they look adorable.
Cheers n Happy Cooking,
Satrupa
http://satrupa-foodforthought.blogspot.com
@Azee
yup indeed… Make them for urself…and u will know its simplicity
@Kamalika
it is kamalika.. simple n easy..
before u realise the muffins would b out.
@Priya
Shall send a box of them for u? with icing??
@Satrupa
Danke Satrupa..
Boys are better off when naughty and upto pranks.. dont like them quite..
WoW!! May be one of the best looking cup cakes I have seen on the net!
Lovely texture, a real fairy cup cakes 🙂
Quick and simple..pop up into your mouth,kids will love this..lovely
@Sanjeeta kk
Tats a big big compliment… u have made my evening!!
I love the initiative on ur blog…
@Suja Sugathan
very much indeed suja..
try em for urself.. & u will write back…
simply superb dear… book marked…
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Regards,
Akila
Cake looks soft, spongy, yummy and tempting. Wonderful presentation.
Thats a very lovely name for a cupcake, beautiful clicks again sandhya, it really looks yummy and spongy
@Sushma Mallya
Thanks ya…. Have a lovely weekend!
lol at Vedant's comment. It is so true that kids pic up our words and they turn it back on us.
Cup cakes in 30 minutes sounds awesome. Let me go back and drool at them.
wow..he is a smart fellow 🙂
fairy cup cakes look beautiful!
Awesome cupcake sandy..looks fluffy and soft.
can I have that one please I meant cup cake:) droolworthy pics!
they look like fairytale indeed! love those shots too!
@Gulmohar
v much indeed.. ur lil one too namitha!
@kothiyavunu.com
thankoo sangeee.. have a lovely weekend
@Jagruti જાગૃતિ
Anytime Jags..
postcode pls… will send a spl delivery
@Adelina
thank you for such beautiful comments.. very simple dearie… and u get the fairy tale setting home too
@Radhika
very much .. just 30 min for thw whole thing!
these tiny tots are smart and use everythng back on us
have a great weekend
Wonderful and a simple recipe. Love the way the cupcakes look – fluffy and delish…
The cup cakes look so soft and fluffy…delicious..
Pushpa @ simplehomefood.com
@Rajee & @Pushpa:
thanks u gals…
Hi Sandhya,
First time on your blog and I loved it. I was drawn to the name Fairy Cupcakes…interesting name! Super easy and no gadgets…This has to be a breeze!
Shobha
Lovely Blog! your pics are loaded with freshness – brilliant really!
Awesome recipe Sandy. Tried the eggless one with the yoghurt substitute you suggested. Tastes so yumm, within seconds they vanished. Thanks for posting.
You are most welcome! This Fairy Cakes is simply one of the easiest recipes to bake with kids.Substituting with yogurt, makes it a wonderful eggless recipe.