It's time to get the apron out... Christmas is coming and H&D magazine have got a quick kitchen make project for you/you and the kids in the run-up to the big day.

Get the wooden spoons at the ready and let's make some festive reindeer fairy cakes.

Fairy Cake Ingredients (15 cakes)

• 100g self raising flour*
• *Replace two tablespoons of flour with drinking chocolate or cocoa
• 100g caster sugar
• 100g butter
• 2 eggs
• 15 cake cases

Decoration Ingredients

• Glacé Cherries
• White Chocolate Buttons
• Milk Chocolate Drops
• Pretzels (preferably chocolate) or similar shapes for antlers
• Buttercream Icing
  • 85g/3oz icing sugar
  • 55g/2oz butter
  • 28g/1oz cocoa powder, sifted

Method

1. Preheat an oven to 180C.
2. Place 15 cake cases on a baking tray.
3. Place flour, sugar, butter and eggs into a mixing bowl.
4. Use a electric mixer (optional) to mix the ingredients together for 1 minute.
5. Use a spoon and knife to place the mixture into the cake cases.
6. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes.
7. When completed remove from oven and leave to cool.
8. When cooled, spread buttercream icing over 'face'
9. Add 2 white buttons with milk chocolate drops on for eyes.
10. Cut glacé cherries in half and add half a cherry for a nose
11. Break pretzels in half and stick in the top as antlers
12. Eat.