The Ankle Biter Eats!

I’ve been trying to decide what sort of cupcakes to make for my two-year-old daughter’s birthday party this year, and I decided on fairy cupcakes. A sparkling sugar tower of pink and lavender cupcakes topped with fairy wands, candles, and some lovely Tinker Bell cake toppers.

Since I like providing a choice and my cupcake stand has 3 tiers, I altered my theme a bit to something that works for 2 year olds and adults—Devil or Angel cupcakes.

The top tier has chocolate cupcakes with chocolate mousse and cherry filling, and lots of pink and lavender buttercream frosting.

The middle tier has white cupcakes with lemon curd filling and lemon buttercream frosting.

The bottom tier has chocolate cupcakes—I got the devil’s food cake recipe from the Joy of Cooking—with chocolate mouse filling—from Nigella Lawson’s Chocolate Cherry Trifle recipe, which I love, but have gained too many pounds eating—and dried cherries soaked in Grand Marnier. I like tart, sour cherries.

All three layers were topped with sugar cookies frosted with butter cream and sprinkled with sparkling sugar. Next time I am making fairy wands, I will use a smaller cookie cutter for the stars. But I do think the large stars would be perfect for Le Petit Prince cupcakes.

I made these cupcakes to go with my fairy cupcakes, but I thought they could be really nice for a Le Petit Prince party theme.

These are white cupcakes with lemon curd filling, lemon buttercream frosting, and large sugar-cookie stars with buttercream frosting and yellow sparkling sugar sprinkled on top.