Cute as buttons and tasty too, these fairy cakes are children-friendly ... if necessary to loosen the icing. Once the cakes are cool, spread the buttercream icing on top of the cakes.

They are usually cute and well decorated but inside mostly a dry and tasteless cake topped with some type of fake, mass-produced buttercream from Sysco Foods. Which brings me back to Fairy Cakes ...

These chocolate fairy cakes could not be easier. They have a really light, chocolatey crumb that's great for kids because it's not too bitter or too rich, and the chocolate buttercream icing is a ...