The 21st of June is Shetland Flag Day. Designed in 1969 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the transfer of Shetland from Norway to Scotland the Shetland Flag was not officially recognised until 2005 by the heraldic authority in Scotland. In 2007 Midsummer Day was adopted as Shetland Flag Day.
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We see many Shetland flags around the islands now as the flag, incorporating a Nordic cross, is now an established and recognised symbol of Shetland’s identity.
Unfortunately, our family Shetland flag has long since disappeared into the dark recesses of a child’s bedroom so to honour Shetland Flag Day I made fairy cakes with Shetland ingredients and topped them with sugar paste Shetland Flags. The children loved them. 🙂
What are you doing to celebrate Shetland Flag Day?
Shetland Flag Fairy Cakes
- 125 grams Shetland Dairy butter
- 125 grams caster sugar
- 2 large Shetland hens eggs
- 125 grams self-raising flour
- 1/2 tsp lemon extract
- 2-3 tbsp Shetland Dairy milk
- 1 tsp Shetland seaweed sprinkle *note: this company is no longer trading
- 6 heaped tsp homemade lemon curd
- 250 grams blue sugar paste
- 50 grams white sugar paste
Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Yield: 12 fairy cakes
happy shetland flag day – your cupcakes look very locally sourced and I love the photo of the kids holding their cupcakes – it must be very light in your neck of the woods – just been to a winter solstie celebration here
Thank you 🙂 A winter solstice celebration sounds like a lovely thing to do!
Recipes like this make me feel very unimaginative! Seaweed in a cupcake – who would’ve thought it! They look great, so very uniform, and what a great way to celebrate a local event!
Seaweed is a really versatile ingredient. There’s a local company who harvest and dry it and turn it into a handy sprinkle. I put it in pasta and sprinkle it onto all sorts of dishes. 🙂 Thanks for your lovely comment!