#crystalgeode

The Crystal Geode Cupcakes are a beautiful and tasty treat that would be great for a birthday party. When you bite into a cupcake, the rock candy crystals and white chocolate chips that are hidden inside it look like beautiful geodes. The colorful buttercream frosting, edible leaf, and glitter that you can add if you want to make these cupcakes really magical.

Ingredients: 1 box of vanilla cake mix. 3 large eggs. 1/2 cup vegetable oil. 1 cup water. 1/2 cup rock candy crystals assorted colors. 1/4 cup white chocolate chips. 1/4 cup buttercream frosting assorted colors. Edible silver or gold leaf optional. Edible glitter optional.

Instructions: Preheat your oven to 350F 175C and line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners. Prepare the vanilla cake mix according to the instructions on the box, using the eggs, vegetable oil, and water. Fill each cupcake liner halfway with the prepared batter. Insert a few rock candy crystals and white chocolate chips into the center of each cupcake, pushing them in gently. Bake the cupcakes in the preheated oven for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove the cupcakes from the oven and let them cool completely on a wire rack. Once the cupcakes are cooled, frost them with buttercream frosting in assorted colors, creating a geode-like pattern on top. If desired, add edible silver or gold leaf and edible glitter for extra sparkle and shine. Serve and enjoy your Crystal Geode Cupcakes for a birthday celebration or special occasion!

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 18-20

This beautiful purple Amethyst Clusters all come with a flat (cut) base so they stand upright easily.

Amethyst Properties:

Chakras - Third Eye Chakra, Crown Chakra

Birthstone - February

Zodiac - Virgo, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces

Planet - Jupiter

Element - Air, Water

Vibration - Number 3

Typical colors - light slightly-pinkish violet to a deep grape purple

Amethyst is a powerful and protective stone. It guards against psychic attack, transmuting the energy into love and protecting the wearer from all types of harm, including geopathic or electromagnetic stress and ill wishes from others. Amethyst is a natural tranquilizer, it relieves stress and strain, soothes irritability, balances mood swings, dispels anger, rage, fear, and anxiety. Alleviates sadness and grief, and dissolves negativity. Amethyst activates spiritual awareness, opens intuition and enhances psychic abilities. It has strong healing and cleansing powers. Amethyst encourages sobriety, having a sobering effect on overindulgence of alcohol, drugs or other addictions. It calms and stimulates the mind, helping you become more focused, enhancing memory and improving motivation. Amethyst assists in remembering and understanding dreams. It relieves insomnia. Encourages selflessness and spiritual wisdom.

In Greek mythology, Amethyst was once a beautiful virgin maiden. A woman who's beauty cursed her by endlessly provoking the lustful attention of Dionysius (the Greek god of wine).