With adventurous kids out of school for the summer, we’ve honed in on an interactive recipe from the Fairy House Recipe Book, chocked full of adorable baking delectables!
It is said that in the wonderful world of fairies, they love sitting on mushroom caps.
There is an actual myth, and something of a long tale, called a fairy ring. It is said, that if you step in a fairy ring you’ll get whisked away to fairyland and it is hard to come back out of the forrest where adventurous ones find them. Whether this is true or not, we’ll leave this up to the imaginations of those who believe in these mystical creatures.
Prep time: 15 minutes
The Makings:
For cupcakes:
1 cup our
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder 1?4 teaspoon salt
3/4 stick of butter, softened 1?2 cup of milk
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
For the frosting:
2 sticks of butter (softened) 2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons of vanilla
A few drops of red food coloring
White chocolate chips for the mushroom spots
Let’s Make it!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix the dry ingredients in a mixer bowl of a stand mixer (or use a hand-held mixer and large bowl).
Add butter and mix on medium for one minute. Then add milk, eggs, and vanilla slowly while mixing. Mix for two minutes until batter is smooth.
Place cupcake papers into cupcake pan. Fill cupcake papers with batter to 3?4 full. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Allow to cool before frosting.
To make the frosting:
Mix butter and powdered sugar on medium high for three minutes. Add milk, vanilla, and food coloring, then continue mixing for another four minutes on medium high.
Spread frosting on cupcakes and place the white chocolate chips point side in, on the tops to look like mushroom spots.
Kitchen Counter:
Makes 12 cupcakes
From Fairy House Recipe Book by Kathy Strahs (Burnt Cheese Press, 2017)
