Piña colada cupcakes

Yay more alcoholic cupcakes - just what everyone wants :p So these were the perfect cupcakes for Tim and Hannah's 'tropical/Hawaiian' themed party. Complete with cocktail umbrellas no less.

So I put too much white rum into the cake and as a result the mixture wasn't perfect in fact it dried out. The frosting helped out as it was cream cheese with dessicated coconut and finely chopped up crystallised pineapple (in the penny sale at Holland and Barrett's!) I tried to put too much into the cake batter as it had white rum, coconut milk as well as fresh pineapple. If I were to do these again I would do just coconut cupcakes with a pineapple frosting (put fresh and crystallised pineapple in the cream cheese icing). So if these ever get requested again that's what I'll do. ANYWAY they went down well at the party and that's all that matters. Who's going to over analyse cupcakes after a few glasses of tropical punch??

Scary picture of me looking proud/slightly special and a pic of the birthday boy and girl.

Hungover hummingbird cupcakes

So what would you be doing after travelling back home for hours on a Sunday after a long boozey wedding on the Saturday?? Why bake some cupcakes of course?!

So this is from my 'Eat me' book which to be honest I've found pretty hit and miss so far.















In regards to this recipe:

Pro's: had amazing flavours and were unusual (banana, pineapple, pecan, vanilla and cinnamon
Con's: The batter was so watery - I cooked for an extra 15 mins but still thought the sponge was too soft (although others thought fine), i don't think these cakes needed the soft cheese/butter icing that it had listed as the sponge was so moist (like a carrot or banana cake) it would only need a thin layer if any.

However it gave me the opportunity to play with a new nozzle! Introducing the shell one from the icing bag set I got from HoF. And experimenting with new techniques with my wilton :)