Mudslide Cupcakes

Same recipe I used for the other mixed drink cupcakes. Except I used the TGiFriday's Mudslide mix and added about 8oz of the mix in place of the fruit concentrate

Cupcake Cake

I made it with my recipe that I use the concentrate for. For this one I used Strawberry Breeze mix (it had apple and pineapple mixed in)

Marble Cupcakes

It was one of my friends last softball game so I made cupcakes that look like softballs

I used the recipe from Hello, Cupcake!

2 1/2 cup flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup vegetable (I used 1/2 cup melted butter)

1+ tsp Vanilla

1 stick of butter

1 cup of sugar

Beat butter and sugar, add eggs one at a time

alternately add the wet ingredients and dry, ending with dry.

I separated out some batter and added some water and powdered Chocolate.

Bake at 350* for 15-20 minutes

They were very crumbly

Lemonade Cupcakes

So I just really like this recipe. It is the same one I used for the Pina Colada Cupcakes and the Strawberry Daiquiri Cupcakes I also added yellow food coloring because it looked boring...and I did let it rest for 30-minutes - 40-minutes ish.

Rainbow Cupcakes

So I have a birthday party I am going to tomorrow and there are going to be kids so I stayed away from my current "mixed drink cupcake" phase.

ingredients
2 cup white sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk
neon food coloring (purple, pink, green, blue)

directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F Grease muffin cups or use liners
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine flour and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Finally stir in the milk until batter is smooth.
3. Pour or spoon batter into 4 small bowls. Add one color to each bowl and stir in. Add a dolp of each color to the prepared muffin cups. DO NOT STIR
4. baked 20-25 minutes

Obviously you don't have to use neon colors or 4 they would be sweet for a school function using the school's colors or sports too...okay anything the involves colors. And I made these with Raspberry extract once they were yummy yummy yummy.

The frosting I used the Wilton's its like the Betty Crocker but stands up wayyyy better to piping. Especially if you have hot hands like mine.

Strawberry Daiquiri Cupcakes

So this is essentially the same recipe as my Pina Colada Cupcakes. This is the first time I used this recipe as cupcakes and I notices something. My first batch that I baked were sunken in, in the middle, my second batch we slightly better, and my third batch (of only 4) were perfectly "domed" cupcakes. This makes me think that since time has passed that in order to get nice "domed" cupcakes I should let them sit like one hour. I will see next time I make them what happens.

and the recipe!

2 1/4 cup cake flour*
1 1/2 cup sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 sticks butter, very soft
1 (10 oz) Bacardi Strawberry Daiquiri Frozen Mix (you know the one in the can)
2 each eggs
1/3 cup milk
TT Vodka (optional)

1. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Mix for 30 seconds with mixer on low.
2. Add butter, and strawberry mix. Mix on medium until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes)
3. Add eggs in one at a time and then the milk just until combined. Let rest 1 hour (see not above)
4. Bake 25 to 30 minutes in a 350* oven. Let cool

I topped them with fresh sweetened whipped cream and half a strawberry. You need like 1 pint of whipped cream.
so just incase you never made whipped cream; start off mixing slowly and gradually raise the speed and sugar. You will need to mix it to stiff peak. When you stick your finger in and them pull it out it will look like a Troll Doll's hair, standing straight up.

and I also used cute little drink umbrellas :)

*for every 1/2 a cup of all purpose flour you can use 1 tsp of corn starch.

Pina Colada Cupcakes

and what would it be with out a recipe!?

2 1/4 cup ap or cake flour *
1 1/2 cup Sugar
3 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 sticks butter, very soft
6 oz frozen pineapple concentrate
2 eggs
1/3 cup milk
about 6oz Stewart's Original Key Lime soda†
1 (7oz package) sweetened flaked coconut, toasted, divided
To Taste RUM (optional)

directions
1. Pre heat oven to 350, line and spray 2 muffin pans
2. Put flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and half of the coconut into a mixing bowl blend on low for 30 seconds
3. Add butter, pineapple, soda mix, and rum if using on medium speed until light and fluffy
4. add milk and eggs until blended
5. put into pans and bake 20 minutes
6. frost with a simple frosting with pineapple and soda added, lightly frost, and top with toasted coconut and quarter slice of lime


notes: • * when using ap add a small handful more
• † up to the "Key Lime" on the lable