Posts Tagged ‘cute’

fairy cakes!

Monday, May 24th, 2010

fairy-cake

Ok, So I don’t post recipes often, but I just had to share this one. Its amazing. And unlike a lot of my recent forays into baking, this recipe turned out perfect. Fairy cakes seem to be the more fanciful U.K cousin of the vanilla cupcake, a bit lighter and fluffier. A bit more fairy-esque, especially when topped with fresh strawberries and edible flowers.

Heres how to make it! (its super easy)

Ingredients: (for 2 dozen fairy cakes)

  • 1 Cup Butter (softened)
  • 14 Tbs. Sugar
  • 4 Eggs
  • 6 Tbs. Whole Milk
  • 1.5 Cups Cake Flour
  • 2.5 Tsp. Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Tsp. Baking Powder
  • 1.5 Tsp. Salt
  • .25 Tsp. Baking Soda

Instructions:

  1. Sift flour, baking soda, powder and salt
  2. Cream butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla
  3. Gradually add in flour
  4. Gradually add in milk
  5. Pour batter into lined cupcake tins
  6. Bake at 375 for 12-15 minutes until set
  7. cool on wire rack

Ingredients: (icing)

  • 2 Cups Powered Sugar
  • 2 Egg Whites
  • .5 Tsp. Fresh Lemon Juice

Instructions:

  1. Combine egg whites and lemon juice
  2. Gradually mix in Sugar in small bowl
  3. Spoon over fairy cakes when cool
  4. Top with edible flowers, berries, or whatever strikes your fancy!

Felt Happy Meal

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

More fun things in the mail! My felt sampler pack arrived from prairie point junction. I have been looking forward to this for awhile, but their sampler packs are the cutest way I can imagine to bulk up my fabric stores. You literally get a rainbow of wool in a happy meal style take – out – folding box. Swoon! I know what I am doing with my Sunday….

If you’re looking for felt, I definitely suggest you give them a ring. The colors are gorgeous!

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Earl Grey Over Easy

Friday, March 19th, 2010

I love to get things in the mail, so I was super delighted to find this teeny – tiny – zine waiting for me this morning! Earl Grey Over Easy is a new publication out of Bellingham WA. I submitted a few drawings for their first issue, People Watching.

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Its super cute, portable size fits snuggly in your pocket. As they say: “So Little, So Much”

I also love overhearing one-sided conversations of people chatting away on their cell phones.
It makes me seriously happy to hear such delightful non sequiturs, especially with so many
headsets in use.

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cute streets

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

A specimen of cute found on the streets of Seattle:

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