Summer = Fireflies and Fairy Cakes

It hit me this weekend....summer is here. Ellery and I kicked off the weekend by whipping up some Fairy Cakes. If you are looking for an easy cupcake recipe, look no longer.



Introducing Nigella Lawson's Fairy Cakes


Recipe yields 12 regular size cupcakes
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
7 Tablespoons sugar
2 large eggs
3/4 cup self-rising flour
*1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2-3 Tablespoons milk

Directions :Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a 12 cup muffin tin with baking paper cups. Put all the ingredients except for the milk into a food processor and blend until smooth. Pulse while adding the milk down the funnel to make for a soft consistency. (I added milk until the consistencyt was drippy) It doesn't seem like enough batter, but it will all work out, scrape every bit from the bowl and try to fill each cup equally.

Bake for 15-20 or until they are golden on top. Cool on a wire rack, but remove from the tin as soon as possible.

For the icing:
2 cups of powdered sugar
enough milk to get the right consistency
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract




Sunday night, after everyone was bathed and Vaughan was asleep, we snatched Ellery from her bed and took her back outside to find fireflies.










image from apartmenttherapy.

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