#kitchen magic

In my opinion part of it is "you need to make your own correspondences". Sure some rosemary in a stew might work for healing or purification, but do you also associate the herb that way? I think of my beautiful rosemary bushes over the years, tying and drying their branches, the beautiful scent, previous spells I have done. It feels me with a certain feeling of safety that I can then channel into my work.

When it comes to cooking, I feel like it's a lot of energy work. All spell work incorporates our energies in some way, I especially feel it with cooking. Your hands and cooking tools are vessels to transfer your energy. You transfer your energy when you knead bread, cut veggies, wash the rice, stir the soup, you get the idea. Yes you can focus on a specific mantra, but the point is you don't always have to do that. You using your energy to change ingredients into something new, something nourishing for the body, is magic in and of itself.

I also use my energy to charm my tools instead of individual meals/drinks. A special tea cup charmed with a spell to bring me relaxation doesn't need me to do a small spell or mantra every time I make a cup of tea (because I would forget to do that anyways). Instead it holds the calming energies I have already given it until I feel it needs to be charged again. A favorite soup stirring spoon is going to spread my love to every meal I make using it just because it has picked up my own energy throughout its use.

Baked Bread - kitchen magic with a hearth spell baked in.

Making Shampoo/Conditioner - turns haircare into potions and glamours

Cleansing Shower - perform basic spiritual cleansing while doing daily hygiene

Crochet hair covering - embues knot magic into what will be used as a spiritual shield

This is hands down one of the best things I have ever made, and if you are afraid of baking, don't be. I have never been a particularly proficient baker. Even before I learned I had to go gluten-free, and without gluten to do the work for me, it has been a rough go, baking-wise. So if I can make this recipe, you can make this recipe.

This recipe combines two of my most trusted allies: lemon and lavender. I enchanted the lemon cupcakes for general cleansing and the lavender buttercream for calm, because this is what most of us need to help us navigate 2025.

It's a shit show; I made cupcakes. These were part of my May Day Dinner - you can check out that post for other fun culinary spring projects.

A note on ingredients: good ripe fresh lemon and culinary lavender are a must for this recipe. They are the two standout ingredients, so we want them to be their best. Any white/yellow/vanilla cake mix will work here, or if you're more adventurous than I, you can make the whole cake yourself. I used Betty Crocker brand gluten-free Yellow Cake Mix, because that's what my local store had on hand. On the other hand, I used an unwaxed organic lemon and culinary lavender I bought at the Cape Cod Lavender Farm last summer.

As written, these are recipes. I expect you to bring your magic to these to make them your own.

Lemon Cupcakes

1 box yellow cake mix (vanilla would work too) Zest of 1 Lemon 3 tbs. lemon juice

I followed the exact instructions on the back of my cake mix and added lemon zest and juice when the wet liquids were added, but I made no other changes to the recipe. As I said, I'm not an expert baker. They came out very well.

This particular cupcake reminds me of Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors, which is a sign that spirit is present in my household.

Lavender Buttercream Frosting

1/4 Cup milk 1 tbs. lavender 3 cups powdered sugar 2 sticks of unsalted butter at room temperature 1 tbs vanilla Salt, to taste Purple food coloring, optional Purple edible glitter, optional

I infused the lavender in warm (not boiling) milk for 15 minutes, then strained it out before adding all the ingredients to my Kitchen Aid. I then ran it on low with the paddle attachment until it was frosting. I added three drops each of red and blue food coloring to get a light purple effect. (I'm sure it can be done with a hand mixer; the Kitchen Aid just makes it much easier.)

The temperature of the butter was key here. The frosting will be very temperature dependent; store it in the fridge, but if you want to pipe it, it must be at room temperature.

I don't have piping equipment, so I made a makeshift one out of a Ziploc bag with a hole cut in the corner.

The end result is a strong lemon cupcake with a lovely, subtle lavender frosting; this isn't overpowering or "soapy" at all.

I will definitely make these again.

i let my coffee brew & sit on a tarot card surrounded by corresponding crystals. i’m a huge tarot magic fan, so this an easy way to take a simple coffee/tea spell a step further 💫

если бы вы заглянули ко мне на кухню после долгой прогулки по зимнему холоду, то непременно отведали бы горячего супа (такой чудно́й рецепт вычитала в любимом журнале ещё в далёком 2008 году). что-то приятное сливочное, пряное, согревающее - мое любимое сочетание после морозных прогулок. в январе только и хотелось, что колдовать на кухне, сидишь в тепле и наблюдаешь, как снег покрывает город.~