HAPPY NEW YEAR #2

Dearest cupcake lovers

Happy New Year again to everyone! To celebrate the evening we are having friends over and I have made a batch of (wait for it) lemon & red raspberry MUFFINS!!! I know I know, but it's NEW YEAR so I thought I would bake something NEW!! So here they are!

Love & best wishes to all, enjoy your baking & don't forget to try something new every once in a while!

Muffin Fairy (for tonite only) xx

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Dearest cupcake lovers

Having blown Xmas resolutions of trying to be good (had 2 delish carrot cupcakes on Crimbo day - made by hubbie no less!!) I am going to bake some low-fat-but-still-delish-recipes this week. Don't know which ones yet....

Here is a piccie of Fairy Betty's daughter Strawberry Shortcake's Crimbo cupcakes! Aren't they fab?!!

Chat later
Cake Fairy xx

Christmas Cupcake Challenge

Dearest Cupcake lovers

My good friend Fairy Betty has thrown down the baking gauntlet & challenged me to come up with some Crimbo cupcakes. I shall take the challenge and create some x-tremely delish festive goodies. For starters I will make chocolate cupcakes with a peppermint buttercream icing, we'll call them Minty Hohoho's. Next I shall make a red velvet cake topped with a vanill creamcheese hat, called Santa's. What else??? If you come up with a Crimbo themed cake, let me know & we'll post them on the site.
Piccies will follow my friends. Call that a challenge??? I don't think so.....
Until next time
Christmas Cake Fairy xxx

Butterfly Cake Emergency!

Dearest cupcake lovers
Well, Crimbo is nearly here and it's been a long time since my last blog! My good friend Fairy Betty flapped her sparkly wings and landed over the pond to stay with me last week, and we have had a jolly good time! (No baking though!!)
Anyhoo, I have had a question about butterfly cakes from Victoria Sponges' daughter, Sherry Trifle. I love making butterfly cakes, and this is how I do it!
Just use the original fairy cake recipe, make them whatever colour you want, then make some delish butter cream. When the cakes have cooled take a small bladed knife (pairing knife for example) and make a round cut in the top of the cake, taking off the "lid" (for want of a better word). Fill the hole with cream, then cut the lid in two halves. Stick the 2 pieces in cut side down at an angle, et voila! Butterfly wings! Add a few sprinkles for extra fairyness to the delish cakes. Sherry Trifle - I hope you enjoy them!

Chat soon

Cake Fairy xx