Sunday Cupcake project – Key Lime & Black Forest

**NOTE: This was actually made months ago. Had the post drafted but never got the chance to actually post it :p

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It was a good day. I had Nazra over at my house and we managed to make 2 types of cupcakes that I’ve been meaning to make for quite some time.

Key Lime Cupcakes and Black Forest Cupcakes

The first cupcake that I made was the Key Lime Cupcakes. These babies had a nice graham crust at the bottom with a superb cream cheese frosting.

I used my usual vanilla cupcake recipe, with 1 tbsp of fresh key lime juice instead of milk. And my cream cheese frosting was cream cheese + swiss meringues buttercream.

Assembling was pretty easy – bake the graham crust in the oven for a 1-2minutes and then plop the vanilla + key lime batter into the liners and bake for about 18-20 minutes. Cool on rack and frost with Cream Cheese frosting mixed with lime peels & a hint of lime color.

garnishing the cooled cupcakes

So in the end, this is how my Key Lime Cupcakes look like.

I thought these were really good. The cream cheese buttercream was smooth and yummy and with the combination of the graham crust at the bottom, they tasted like cheese cake! Or should I say, key lime pie?
The vanilla/lime cupcake itself didn’t interfere much with the cream cheese/graham crust combo but its presence wasn’t ignored as well.

Next I moved on to the Black Forest Cupcakes.

Well, making these babies were a jiffy. I had made the cherry filling earlier, so all I had to do was bake the chocolate cupcakes and whip the cream.

You can use any chocolate cake recipe that you like. I, of course used my usual chocolate cupcake recipe and to assemble, I poked a hole in the cupcake, fill it with the cherry fillings and topped it up with fresh whipped cream. Garnished it with fresh cherries and grated chocolate, and Voila!

Black Forest Cupcakes!

Oh, by the way..some might want to brush some liquor syrup of some sort to the cupcakes for extra moisture, so that’s totally up to you. I didn’t cause I thought my cupcakes were moist enough plus liquor is a NO-NO for me.

They were sooooo good that I didn’t feel guilty at all, even after gulping 3-4 of these babies! hahaha..Yes, they were THAT GOOD!