Fantastical=whimsical, full of fantasy
Fairycakes=British slang for cupcakes
I have an Equinox Potluck at work on Friday so last night I decided to bake some fairycakes. My culinary skills are lacking to say the least so I attempted a basic white cupcake recipe from my 'Cupcake of the Day' calendar. The results were quite delicious and pretty cute for the Season.
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Baking in my "I kiss better than I cook" apron
Fashion moment- Dress-New Look, UK; Blazer-Old Navy; Shoes- Fergalicious by Fergie :)
Cupcakes:
1 cup (2 sticks) sweet butter, softened
1 cup superfine sugar
2 cups self-rising flour
1 tsp. baking powder
4 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Frosting:
3 cups icing sugar, sifted
1 cup (2 sticks) sweet butter, softened
pinch of salt
food colouring
sprinkles/candy for decoration
(I also added water since the mixture was not moist)
-preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175C). Place 18 paper baking cups in muffin pans. Combine all the cupcake ingredients in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth and pale, about 2 to 3 minutes.
-spoon the batter into the cups. Bake for 20 minutes or until ready. Remove pans from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Then remove the cupcakes and cool on a rack.
-to make the frosting, cream the icing sugar, butter and salt with an electric mixer until smotth. Add a few drops of food colouring and mix well. Spread the frosting liberally onto the cooled cupcakes and decorate as you desire.
-ENJOY! :) Makes 18 cupcakes |
yummmmmmmmmmmmmmy!
ReplyDelete-lizard
cute cupcakes : )
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Cute dress. Those cupcakes looks good too! :)
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I wish I know how to make those fairycakes!
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xox,
ML
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