{"id":211,"date":"2014-07-08T16:02:45","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T23:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leighadactyl.com\/food\/?p=211"},"modified":"2015-02-07T16:41:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-08T00:41:01","slug":"mickey-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leighadactyl.com\/food\/mickey-cakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mickey Cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was on a roll the other day and made two children’s book-inspired dishes before 11 a.m. The first was green eggs and ham<\/a>, and then Mickey cake, from Maurice Sendak’s In the Night Kitchen<\/em>. C’s been really into this book lately, he thinks it’s hilarious and has started saying “cake.”<\/p>\n

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I did a little searching online and found that most people making a cake for this book use a hot milk cake recipe. I used this Bon Appetit recipe<\/a> for the cake only, and would recommend it for cooking with kids. It’s quick, simple, has less sugar than any of the other recipes I looked at, not too many ingredients. C’s favorite parts were pouring measured ingredients into the bowl and spooning batter into the muffin tin. I made a few changes to the recipe based on what I had on hand.<\/p>\n

Mickey Cakes<\/strong>
\nAdapted from Bon Appetit<\/a>
\nYield: 12 cupcakes
\nTotal Time: 30 minutes<\/p>\n

2\/3 c whole milk
\n4 Tbsp butter
\n2 eggs
\n2\/3 c sugar
\n3\/4 tsp vanilla extract
\n1 c + 1 Tbsp flour
\n1\/2 tsp salt
\n1 1\/2 tsp baking powder<\/p>\n

Preheat oven to 425 and grease a muffin tin.
\nScald the milk and butter, until butter is melted (I did this by putting the pot on the stove and then forgetting about it until it was time to use the milk–not advised but maybe inevitable when cooking with a toddler).
\nWhisk eggs until smooth and light yellow, then whisk in sugar, then vanilla, then\u00a0dry ingredients. Add the milk mixture to the batter and whisk until smooth.
\nSpoon into muffin tin and bake about 12 minutes, until golden on top and pulling away from the sides. Serve warm with fruit, some kind of sauce, whipped cream, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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