Cupcakes and More…

Interesting Fact:

The first mention of the cupcake (also British English: fairy cake) can be traced as far back as 1796. The name "fairy cake" is a fanciful description of its size, which would be appropriate for a party of diminutive fairies to share.

While English fairy cakes vary in size more than American cupcakes, they are traditionally smaller and are rarely topped with elaborate icing.

Cupcakes have become more than a trend over the years; they've become an industry. Cupcakes are nothing shy of a pure, sugary sweet heaven.


One of Our Favorite & Healthy Recipes for Kids and Families from Delish.com - Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream

Ingredients:

• 2 3/4 cup(s) all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup(s) cake flour (not self-rising)
• 1 tablespoon(s) baking powder
• 1 teaspoon(s) salt
• 8 ounce(s) (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 2 1/4 cup(s) sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 large egg white
• 1 cup(s) whole milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract
• 2 cup(s) finely chopped strawberries
• Small strawberries, for garnish
• Strawberry Buttercream

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Whisk dry ingredients in a large bowl. Cream butter and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
2. Reduce speed to low. Mix milk and vanilla in a bowl. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with milk mixture and ending with dry ingredients. Stir chopped strawberries into batter. Scrape sides of bowl. Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each 2/3 full.
3. Bake cupcakes until testers inserted into centers come out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool in tins on wire racks. Once cupcakes are cool, frost tops with Strawberry Buttercream. Frosted cupcakes will keep, covered and refrigerated, for up to 2 days. Top with a strawberry just before serving.

CooShoe "Sweet Cup Cake" was inspired by fascinating facts about cupcakes! 

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Helpful Tips for Parents/Fairy Tales about frogs

Fairy Tales about frogs:

- The Frogs Desiring a King
- The Hares and the Frogs
- The Frog and the Ox
- The Leap-frog
- The Frog-Prince
- A Frog for a Husband
- The Maiden and the Frog
- The Wonderful Frog

Facts About Frogs:

Because frogs come out in the rain, people used to think that they fell to earth in the rain! And in nineteenth century England, people tried catching them to prove it. 
The world's biggest frog is the Goliath Frog  in West Africa (Cameroon). Their body can be one-foot long. The smallest frogs in the world are less than half-an-inch long.
Certain frogs can jump up to 20 times their own body length in a single leap. 
Frogs absorb water through their skin so they don't need to drink. 
In the Seychelles, there is a male frog that carries its young around on its back until they become adults. 
In recent years, a painkiller with 200 times the power of morphine has been found in the skin of a frog. 





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We Love Strawberries!

Nothing says summer like a bright, colorful patch of strawberries. There are several theories on the derivation of their name. One has it that early English children threaded berries onto straws and sold them in the marketplace "by the straw." Another claims the name represents the spreading nature of the plant runners which are strewn, or "strawed," over the ground. 

Dressing up infant for an outing is one of the biggest joys of parenthood and shoes always finish any outfit. CooShoe Collection from Happy Avenue is suitable for babies who don't walk yet. CooShoe "Sweet Strawberry" was inspired by fascinating facts about strawberries! Strawberries have been a rich part of our lives for quite some time, and anyone who's ever had one can understand why!

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FUN FACTS ABOUT STRAWBERRIES:

• Giant strawberries can be as large as apples, measuring 8-10 centimeters in length. 
• Strawberries make muscles work better. 
• Strawberries have more Vitamin C per serving than an orange. 
• Strawberries at room temperature are sweeter than cold strawberries. 
• In California, they grow all year round. 
• Strawberries are hand-picked because each fruit ripens at a different time.
• Where many fruits have only one seed on the inside strawberries have 200 seeds on the outside. 
• Strawberries are the only fruits to have their seeds on the outside.

                              

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