bratty-aphrodite:
🌞🌷 Fae Cakes! 🌷🌞
these citrus faerie cakes are perfect for litha! can be used year round as offerings to the fae and deities associated with the sun. 🌼✨🌻
• 20 min total • vegan friendly • serves 12 •
🦋 ingredients
– 1 ¾ cups flour
– ¾ cups sugar
– 1 tsp baking soda
– ½ teasooon salt
– ½ cup milk (can be plant based!)
– ½ cup orange juice
– ¼ cup honey (can sub with agave syrup!)
– 2 tsp vanilla extract
– a little less than 1/3 cup of olive oil
– 1 tbsp white or apple cider vinegar
– ¼ cup lemon & orange zest (optional)
🦋 steps
1. preheat oven to 375 F and grease two cupcake pans.
2. combine all of the dry ingredients together in a medium sized bowl first.
3. next, pour the liquids into the bowl and mix until all of the ingredients are combined. be careful not to overmix!
4. mix in the zest last if you’re using it!
5. pour them into the pan and pop those babies in the oven for 8-10 mins. time may very from oven to oven so keep an eye on them!
6. when you take them out, they should look vv golden! the honey and orange makes them have a pretty ‘sunny’ look! they should rise like a cupcake but have a bit of a denser texture.
7. you’re done babe! eat them or leave them as an offering. ✨
fun fact: when eaten, these cakes may also bring prosperity! orange, honey, and olive are symbolic of luck, abundance, and wealth!
☀️🌷HAPPY BAKING BABES!! 🌷☀️