cupcake yum!

We had a work function yesterday, and I was feeling the desire to bake. So I made cupcakes. Many cupcakes. Yummy cupcakes. Cupcakes that were devoured quickly. So quickly I wasn't able to get a picture.

In my hunt to find cupcakes that were unique and yummy, I came across about 5 recipes that fit the bill. Then narrowed it to two - Lemonade cupcakes & Coconut cupcakes.

I pretty much followed the recipes as given, though I did make my own cream cheese frosting. For the lemonade cupcakes, I added about a tablespoon of the lemonade. I wanted sour lemon gummies, but couldn't find any, so I just topped them with colored sprinkles. And for the coconut cupcakes, I added about an eighth of a cup of the coconut milk, and a very small splash of coconut extract. And I toasted the coconut I sprinkled on the top, which I definitely think added more flavor. (Next time I'd toast it all first, then add it.)

The coconut seemed to be everyone's favorite. It had good flavor and was moist. Not too sweet. And yes, the recipe really does make 30 cupcakes! (I got 32 out of it!)

The lemonade cupcakes were a bit on the sweet side. I added some yellow food coloring to the cupcake and the frosting. Made it a nice summery color. They were definitely moist. It did not make 30 cupcakes - only 24. I'm gonna have to play with the recipe to see if I can come up with one that uses fresh squeezed lemonade and not a cake mix...