Margarita Cupcakes

It's been a little while since I've posted any cupcakes! Sorry for anyone who has been looking for new posts...but here you go!

Not too long ago, we were having guests over & I wanted to try a particular flavor of cupcake that would allow me to try the piping gel recipe I'd come across. Margarita Cupcakes! The cupcakes tasted like a margarita, I actually had a rim of a sugar/salt mixture around the edge, then I placed a dab of my homemade piping gel (margarita flavored, of course) in the center & topped it with a sugared lime slice candy.

Sadly, my piping gel didn't set well at all...and it melted over everything! However, sticky mess or not, they were tasty!! Our guests were surprised about the salty rim!

I just need to find a good piping gel recipe so I can flavor it on my own. If you have one I can follow, I would be greatly appreciative!

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!