cupcake-a-thon

I wanted to make several different flavors of cupcakes so I decided to find a bunch of recipes then mix and match to get the flavor combinations I wanted.  I didn't want to make an entire batch of cupcakes for each flavor so I scaled back each recipe to make the pictured amount of cupcakes for each flavor.

Dark chocolate cupcake with salted caramel 

This snack cake recipe formed the base for my chocolate cupcakes.  I filled them with the caramel from this recipe.  I just omitted the powdered sugar and sprinkled in a bit of sea salt.  This is the recipe for the frosting.  I like it because it has the perfect texture for piping and you don't have to have powdered sugar.  

 Lemon cupcake with white frosting and zest garnish

I used this for the lemon cupcakes and the same frosting as above.  I also added a bit of lemon juice to the frosting to make it more lemony.

Strawberry cupcake with pureed strawberries and strawberry garnish

Here is the recipe I used for the strawberry cupcakes.  I used a basic buttercream frosting and added a bit of strawberry puree for flavor.