Sugar plum fairy cakes

Get it? I mean, really, puns are great. But why would I call this cake a sugar plum fairy cake? What does ballet have to do with baking?

Warm the bowl of a free-standing mixer by pouring in some boiling water and drying it with a tea towel. Place the sugar and eggs in the warmed bowl and whisk at full speed for several minutes, or until the mixture is pale and doubled in volume. While the mixture is whisking, melt the butter in a small saucepan. Sift the flour and mixed spice into a bowl. Carefully add the melted butter around the edge of the mixture while still whisking.

Sugar plum fairy cakes

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I think that settles it. This cake will keep in the pantry for about 3 days, or a week in the fridge. The Restless Baker.

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Sugar plum fairy cupcakes are bursting with flavor, and the pink frosting will leave you wanting to taste it. A homemade cupcake filled with a fruit filling and then topped with a plum and vanilla frosting. These are the perfect Christmas cupcake to serve. What is a sugar plum flavor? Well sugar plums are a small hard candy that got its name as it looked similar to a plum. So technically sugar plums are not plums at all. A fun sugar plum recipe that makes a gorgeous holiday cupcake. Fruit Filled Cupcakes — I love a cupcake that when you bite into it, has a delicious filling. These cupcakes are filled with a plum filling that is sweet, and bursting with flavor. Nutcracker Inspired — If you love the Nutcracker you will imagine sugar plum fairies and all things winter.

Sugar plum fairy cakes

These butterfly cakes — also called fairy cakes or butterfly buns — are cupcakes decked out to look like butterflies with a pile of sweet whipped cream and a dollop of jam. They are fun and easy dressed up vanilla cupcakes! To make butterfly cakes, start with your favorite vanilla cupcakes. Pipe sweetened whipped cream Chantilly cream on the centers of the now flat cupcake tops. Cut the circles that you removed from the tops of the cupcakes in half. Place each half upright into the whipped cream on top of each cupcake so they look like wings. Pipe or dollop a small circle of jam into the center of each pair of wings.

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I think that settles it. Remove bowl from mixer and stir in the flours and almond meal with a large spoon or spatula Spread mixture into the pan, on top of the plums. Place plums, cut side down, on top of the sauce in the cake tin. I mean, really, puns are great. Well that was the long way around, but I think we got there! Just two words, or maybe 3. The energy, the resilience, the intensity — ballerinas and bakers have these things in common. Beat the butter to a soft consistency and start adding small lumps of it to the meringue, a little at a time, whisking well after each addition. Sift the flour and mixed spice into a bowl. Anyway, naming cakes is always hard.

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Share this: Click to share on Facebook Opens in new window Click to share on Pinterest Opens in new window Click to share on Twitter Opens in new window Click to email a link to a friend Opens in new window Click to print Opens in new window. But why would I call this cake a sugar plum fairy cake? Not literally, just metaphorically. Bake for minutes, or until golden-brown and springy to the touch. Like Liked by 1 person. For the edible fairy cake cases, melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl placed over a pan of simmering water. Haha me too! The energy, the resilience, the intensity — ballerinas and bakers have these things in common. Comment Reblog Subscribe Subscribed. Drain the plums of their liqueur and carefully top each fairy cake with a plum piece and a sprinkling of edible gold glitter.