Summer solstice is tomorrow, June 21, and that means you have 24 hours to plan a summer solstice meal. For desert, we recommend these summer solstice cupcakes.
When is the summer solstice? June 21, which leaves just enough time for baking these delicious summer solstice cupcakes.
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EnlargeSummer Solstice, the longest day of the year and the beginning of the summer season, is upon us June 21 this year, at 05:04 Universal Time, or 1:04 am on the U.S.? east coast, 10:04 pm, June 20, on the west. Throughout the Northern Hemisphere, it can be marked by Midsummer festivals, especially in Scandinavia, where people celebrate with maypoles that honor nature?s bounty and bonfires that recall the heat and warmth of the sun. Still other cultures have?solstice rituals?that honor the sun, the feminine?and?the masculine.
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Susan Sachs Lipman is the author of "Fed Up with Frenzy: Slow Parenting in a Fast-Moving World," which grew out of her award-winning blog,?Slow Family Online. She is the social media director for the Children & Nature Network. Susan and her family enjoy gardening, hiking, soap crafting and food canning.
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Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, my family often attends a?summer solstice celebration?at Muir Beach, hosted by the?Muir Woods?National Monument park rangers. We enjoy a bonfire, nature storytelling and campfire songs, and a ritual walk around the fire, holding stalks of sweet flowers and herbs, and then throwing them into the fire, to greet the new season and also let go of anything that no longer serves us.
View more photos of?summer solstice?at?Muir Beach.
An easy way to celebrate Summer Solstice, whether your gathering is a large one or a cozy one, is to make Summer Solstice cupcakes.?
Just as Winter Solstice gives birth to the light, Summer Solstice, with its day that never seems to end, holds the seeds of darkness. We discover darkness in the bits of chocolate concealed inside this sunny cupcake.
Summer Solstice cupcakes
This recipe comes from the terrific book,?Circle Round
Makes 20-24 cupcakes
1/2 cup butter (one stick) softened in the summer sun
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour, sifted first and then measured
pinch of salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk
1 cup chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Use paper liners, or grease and flour cupcake tins.
2. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Add vanilla.
3. Mix together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Add half of the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and stir in. Follow with 1/2 cup milk, then the other half of the flour mixture, and the rest of the milk. Stir in the chocolate chips.
4. Bake for 25 minutes.
Because of the sweetness of the cake and chips, these don?t need frosting, but you can certainly add it, in a solid color or a cheery sun or flower design.
This is a great explanation of how?Summer Solstice?works. Happy?Winter Solstice?to those in the Southern Hemisphere, who are marking the lengthening days. Perhaps chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate chips are in order?
Happy Solstice to all!
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