Fried Sopapilla Cupcakes

When Cinco de Mayo came around, I was a little late in creating some fun cupcakes for it, but the inspiration gave me time to experiment & try for next year.

One of the things I thought of is a favorite Mexican dessert: SOPAPILLAS! So I wondered if you could fry a cupcake. That's right! I said FRY A CUPCAKE!

Well I was making some lemon-lime slushie cakes & some cornbread cupcakes for some friends, and I had some extra cornbread batter. I decided to bake the leftover seperately in a muffin pan without liners for experimenting in hot oil later.

I baked 'em up, heated my oil on the stove & fried the 6 cupcakes I made. As soon as I pulled them out of the oil, I dipped & rolled them in a cinnamon & sugar mixture. I sprinkled some powdered sugar on top & then drizzled some honey on them just before consumption.

I thought about using a simple white cupcake to fry to do this, but the cornbread ones came out REALLY well!!

My boys LOVED them & couldn't wait to try more...I guess I should be making some more pretty quickly. Time to fry up some more cornbread cupcakes!

Cornbread Cupcakes

It is really interesting how & where inspiration comes from, isn't it?

I was at Hobby Lobby not too long ago when I came across these really great red & white striped baking liners. OK...they were in a section set up for Independence Day decorations, but I totally thought of...POPCORN! But how in the heck am I supposed to work a popcorn cupcake??

Until I figure that out, the "corn" part really stuck out! Mmmmm...CORNBREAD!

OK...for my southern friends who may be having a heart attack right now, I know how you are about your cornbread! And I know I have heard it stated that if cornbread had sugar in it, it would be called "cake". So, that's what I've done!

Who remembers going to Tippin's? They were (and still are) known for their pies...but...I loved going for their cornbread! With my sweet-tooth, I love the ginormous pieces of it that came out! So tall & so sweet...and it turns out the secret was that they added yellow cake mix to their cornbread batter!

Well?? That's exactly what I did! I added cornbread to my yellow cake! I then topped it with a honey buttercream icing to give a popcorn-type look!

Different & fun...and you can have it WITH the meal or AFTER the meal! (Or both.)