Queen cakes

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Cooking time: Less than 30 minutes

Cuisine: British

Healthy options: Healthy; Nut free; Vegetarian

Serves: 10 or more

Type: Family; Kids; Easy; Cake

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Photography: Brett Stevens

By Suzanne Gibbs

Ingredients

1½ cups (225g) self-raising flour
2/3 cup (150g) caster sugar
125g butter, at room temperature
3 eggs
¼ cup (60ml) milk
2 tablespoons currants
icing sugar, to dust

Preparation method

Preheat oven to 180°C or 160°C fan. Line 2 x 12-hole patty pans with paper cases.

Sift flour into a medium-sized bowl. Add sugar, butter, eggs and milk. Using an electric beater, beat mixture on medium speed for 3 minutes, until smooth and pale. Stir through currants.

Spoon heaped tablespoons of mixture into prepared paper cases. Bake for 15 minutes, until golden and firm to touch. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

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