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As long as you’re putting in magical energy as stir your tea clockwise/counterclockwise, you’re doing magic.

I have been reading a lot of recipe books and Craft-based books recently, and I know that I am terrible for forgetting to do something for the Quarter and Cross-Quarter Days, but not this year! I wanted to create a recipe for Imbolc, but as we are in lockdown in the UK I haven't been able to get to the shops, so I had to go with what I had in the cupboards.

FOR THE FRUIT MIX

350g sultanas

2 small eating apples, peeled, cored and finely diced

300ml of hot chai tea (you can use your preferred tea, I two Tesco Finest Vanilla Chai tea bags)

¼tsp freshly grated nutmeg

1 tsp ground cinnamon

Grated zest of ½ an orange

FOR THE CAKE

350g self-raising flour

150g granulated sugar

150g soft light brown sugar

1 egg, beaten

½ tsp ground cinnamon

¼ tsp ground cardamom (options)

1) Add the sultanas, apple, 1 tsp cinnamon, ¼ tsp nutmeg, orange zest and tea to a saucepan. Over a medium heat, bring to a boil. Once it starts to boil, remove from the heat, and pour into a bowl to cool completely.

2) Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/Gas 3, and grease and line a 2lb loaf tin.

3) In a second bowl combine the flour, sugars, ½ tsp of cinnamon and ¼ tsp of cardamom (if using).

4) Once the fruit mixture has cooled, add the beaten egg. Then pour the fruit mixture into the dry ingredients and mix until completely combined (it is best to do this by hand to prevent over mixing)

5) Turn the mixture out into the prepared tin, and bake in the centre of the oven for about 2 hours, until well risen and golden. A skewer inserted into the centre of the cake should come out clean. (Check after 1½ hours, if he cake is browning too quickly, place some foil over the top and continue to bake until cooked through.

6) Once the cake is cooked, remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Then take the cake out of the tin and leave to cool completely on a cooling rack. Serve slices with a cup of your favourite tea.

A collection of categorized links for your Yule needs! What is Yule? [X] Yule is celebrated on slightly different days depending on who you ask, but the broad spectrum is: December 20th to January 1st in the Northern Hemisphere and around June 20th (give or take a few days) in the Southern Hemisphere.

 The basics:

Yule correspondences

Celebrating Yule

Yule: A very merry sabbat

Guide to Yuletide plants + herbs

Yule - ‘tis the season

Yule practices

A Yule ritual

50 Yuleisms

Inexpensive Yule decorations

Yule Crafts:

Yule potpourri recipe

Witch balls / more witch balls

A twelve-herb sachet for Yule

Mini herb wreaths

Yule log

Yule craft ideas

Pine protection balm

Dried orange slices

Apple feeders for winter birds

Yule Recipes:

Herbal shortbread

Bread dipping oil

Chocolate Yule log

Yuletide muesli

Yule tea

Yule Punch

Non-alcoholic mulled wine

Winter sabbat wine

Yule Spells:

Merry Yule spell jar / Season of peace spell jar

Holiday ornament snow spell

Yule bath spell

Blessed Yule - for a positive holiday season

Winter solstice spell

Spell for a happy family gathering

Yule energy sun spell

Winter stasis spell sachet

Holiday home blessings

Safe delivery envelope spell

Yule Tarot Spreads:

The return (2 card)

Yule spread (3 card)

Tarot spread for Yule (3 card)

Winter inspired spread (5 card)

Yule reflection + advice spread (5 card)

A Yuletime tarot spread (6 card)

Other:

Music ideas / Winter witch playlist

Altar/celebration ideas / Yule altar guide

Yule plants / Mistletoe Lore

Yule oils/incense / Yule incense

Emoji spell for luck during Yule and Solstice

Spell ideas for the holidays

Updated June, 2020. Please inform me (via askbox) of broken links!

Yule time is almost here, and as your friendly neighborhood tea witch, I’m going to give you my Yuletide tea! This tea is nice because you’ve got a lot of options, as I know not everyone has every ingredient. What you will be making is basically a ginger chai tea, but you can substitute the white tea base with a hibiscus base, or a rosemary base. Let’s go!

Yields: 1 mug

Ingredients:

½ tsp cinnamon

¼ tsp cloves

1 tsp ginger

¼ tsp nutmeg

White tea bag/ hibiscus tea bag/ 3tsp rosemary.

1 cup water

OPTIONAL: Topaz/clear quartz/rose quartz/stone of your choice.

OPTIONAL: sigil on piece of paper

Directions:

Boil water, and add ingredients. Stir clockwise to welcome in the new beginnings. Place sigil under cup, and a paper plate or other cover over the mug. Place stone on top of cover and let the tea steel for 4-5 minutes. If you want an extra kick, place in sunlight, or brew with snow water.

Then let me introduce you to this wonderful LGBT, YA book, Sparks Fly, that was totally definitely not written by me! It’s got a polyamorous gay triad, a diverse set of characters with an ADHD trans man main character, Super Villains and Thieves, action, tons of humor, fluff, angst, the whole shebang! And to top it off you’d be supporting a mentally ill, nonbinary author! It’s available as an ebook and paperback, and if you order soon, will be delivered by Christmas easily! A full summary of the book is underneath the cover photo.

Order Sparks Fly Here!!

Sparks Fly

Sparks Fly, once voted the most dangerous Villain in the United States, was not a good person. He didn’t care if people got hurt, as long as he was free from the pain of his powers for just a little while. Meeting Aves and Shadows, who had technically been sent to kill him, changed everything he thought he knew. Because they didn’t kill him. They offered to help, accepting him as a trans man and helping with his severe ADHD. No matter how nice they are, it won’t last. It never does, no matter how desperately he needs it to. Even if he could trust them…there’s only so long a Villain like him can outrun their past mistakes. 

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SPARKS FLY

A Villain’s Guide to Getting a Date:

Step One: Piss off the Supers Association enough for them to send two hot Super Assassins after you.

Sparks Fly, once voted the most dangerous Villain in the United States, was not a good person. He didn’t care if people got hurt, as long as he was free from the pain of his powers for just a little while. Meeting Aves and Shadows, who had technically been sent to kill him, changed everything he thought he knew.

 Because they didn’t kill him.

They offered to help, accepting him as a trans man and helping with his severe ADHD. No matter how nice they are, it won’t last. It never does, no matter how desperately he needs it to. Even if he could trust them…there’s only so long a Villain like him can outrun his past mistakes.

And he’s so tired of running.

GET IT HERE