I love baking cupcakes.
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There is something very zen about mixing the ingredients and baking them into these sweet little cakes. And then frosting then all pretty. It sounds silly, but I find a lot of peace in it.
I also really enjoy following a recipe. Going step by step, measuring and somehow creating a delicious treat...I just love it.
It may be the math nerd in me....or maybe I'm just a nerd...
Anyways....I thought it was time that I attempted to create my own recipe. This has always intimidated me, because although I am great at following directions, I wasn't sure how well I would do figuring out all the measurements to equal a successful cake. I needed a push.
That push was margareaster...a holiday my family created a few years back that has become a favorite tradition. It involves, you guessed, margaritas and Easter. Well Easter crept up on all of us this year, so margareaster is falling a little later than normal, but it gave me time to experiment.
I searched all over pinterest for some margarita flavored cupcake ideas. I thought they would be a fun addition to the event. I found TONS of stuff...I mean TONS. Most of them however used boxed cake mix. I have nothing against mixes but I personally don't like them because it makes a real soft cake that is hard to frost.
So I decided to give my own recipe a try. I took a look at recipes I liked in the past and did some substituting with parts that would make them more margarita-ish....like adding tequila.
Tonight I put my recipe to the test. The outcome....
I thought they tasted pretty good! The true test will be tomorrow when everyone gets to enjoy them!
Here is the recipe I came up with. I'm sure I'm going to tweak it as I go, but not too bad for a first try. If you try them, let me know how they went and what you think may make them better! Enjoy!
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Margarita Cupcakes
Test #1 (4/11/13) ~ makes about 2 dozen regular size
cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cups AP Flour
- 1 ¼ cups Cake Flour
- ¾ tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 cup Butter
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 4 eggs
- ¼ cup Tequila
- ¾ cup Buttermilk
- Combine dry ingredients and whisk together
- Cream butter until smooth, add sugar and vanilla
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating in between
- Add tequila
- Add dry ingredients, alternating with buttermilk
- Mix until well blended
- Bake for 20-25 minutes (rotate pans halfway through for a more even bake)
- Let cool
- Once cool, remove centers and fill with Lemon Curd Whipped Cream
Lemon Curd Whipped
Cream:
- 1 pint Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1/3 cup Sugar
- ¼ cup (or more to taste) Lemon Curd
- Beat whipping cream until stiff peaks form, add sugar and beat again
- Add lemon curd and beat till mixed, but still fluffy
- Put into a pastry bag and pipe into the center of each cupcake
- Frost with Lime Butter cream
Lime Butter Cream:
- 1 cup Butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 4 cups Powdered Sugar
- 2-3 tbsp Lime Juice
- 1 tsp (or more to taste) Lime Zest
- Beat butter until light and fluffy
- Add vanilla
- Slowly add powdered sugar, alternating with lime juice
- Add lime zest and whip butter cream until light and fluffy
- Put in piping bag and frost (or use offset spatula)
