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| Key Lime cupcakes |
Hello blog readers! After a long hiatus, during which I got to sample soooooo many delicious cupcakes, it was finally my turn again! And after a request from our cupcake president (?) I switched up my lineup and made the graham cracker cupcakes with key lime frosting this week. And good thing, because it was 4th of July weekend. And what's more American than key limes? I mean, they're from Florida, right? And last time I checked, Florida was in America. Works for me.
These cupcakes were really easy to make. My 4 yr old had fun crushing graham crackers with me. I just put them in a baggie and hacked away. The rest of the ingredients were things that are normally in my kitchen, so nothing too exotic. The batter was delicious! Once they were baked, there wasn't a strong graham flavor, but it was a perfect vehicle for the frosting.
Oh, the frosting......it's awesome. I actually made these cupcakes 3 times this weekend, so I made a double batch of frosting and probably used more powdered sugar than the recipe called for so it would be stiff enought to stay piped on. I used bottled key lime juice and added some lime zest, too. Yum.
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| S'mores cupcake |
The recipe made about exactly 12 cupcakes, and on 12 of them, I decided to mix it up a bit. I made them into s'mores cupcakes. I dipped the top of them in chocolate ganache and made a frosting out of butter, powdered sugar, and marshmallow fluff. I served them to my family on the 4th so you'll just have to take my word for it that they were popular enough to not have any left to share w/ the cupcake club, so they must have been good this way, too!
