Happy Mardi Gras

Well, we had our own little Mardi Gras celebration today. We didn't get into the history or meaning of the day but just had some fun.

For the masks, use what you have, right? Well, we had some felt, crepe paper, pom pom balls, and party favor wands.

The felt became feathers; and snips of crepe paper and pom poms were just to glue on, because everyone loves to glue!

Party favor wands were fashioned to be mask handles. Jazzier than Popsicle sticks, I do believe.

How about that King Cake?

The kids colored sugars and decorated the top. They each had a baggie of sugar and I added food coloring. Then they smooshed it all around until all the sugar was colorful.

Those were some very proud bakers!

I don't have a recipe for King Cake. I cheated and just used our muffin recipe and baked it in a cake pan.

Cheater King Cake

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup sugar

2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1 egg

1/2 cup milk

1/4 cup oil

Goodies: fruit or chocolate chips

Directions:

Mix dry ingredients and then stir in the wet ingredients. 

Fold in the goodies. I added some chocolate chips and a bit more milk (to make up for lack of moisture since I didn't do fruit this time).

Pour batter into one buttered and floured cake pan.

Bake at 400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool.

A light glaze of powdered sugar and water mixture will help colorful sugars stay put.

Hope you are having a lovely day!