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2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
2-1/2 tsp baking powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup frozen cranberry juice concentrate or cranberry punch concentrate, thawed
zest of 1 lime
1 cup dried cranberries, chopped
2 drops red food colouring (optional, if you would like a stronger reddish tint in the cake)
1. Allow all ingredients to come to room temperature. Preheat the oven to 350F. Line muffin pans with cupcake papers.
2. With a mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until fluffy.
Add the eggs 1 at a time and beat until well combined.
3. Combine all dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
Combine buttermilk, thawed concentrate, zest, and cranberries in a separate bowl.
Add in 1 cup each of the dry and wet mixtures alternately, beating on low until the whole mixture is well combined.
4. Fill cups with batter two-thirds full. Bake at 350 F for 20-25 minutes or until cupcakes
spring back in the middle when touched lightly. Cool for 10 minutes in pan.
For glaze:
1/4 cup thawed cranberry juice concentrate
1/4 cup vodka
5. Brush with cranberry/vodka glaze when cupcakes are still slightly warm.
When cupcakes are completely cooled, frost with lime-cointreau buttercream:
Lime-Cointreau Buttercream
1/2 c butter
4 c confectioner?s sugar
3 T Cointreau
juice from 1 large lime
Mix all ingredients on high speed until fluffy. Double this recipe if you are doing a lot of piping or have more than 2 dozen cupcakes.
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NER: SATC Movie Party Food Help
I'm going to a SATC movie watching party tonight and I wanted to make Cosmopolitan Cupcakes....but apparently this recipe is not as common as I thought it would be (which surprises me b/c margarita cupcakes are everywhere! Plus hello, diet mountain dew cake!)
I found one recipe on a very obscure cooking message board with no comments as to how it actually tastes.
Here it is:
1/2 cup butter2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
2-1/2 tsp baking powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup frozen cranberry juice concentrate or cranberry punch concentrate, thawed
zest of 1 lime
1 cup dried cranberries, chopped
2 drops red food colouring (optional, if you would like a stronger reddish tint in the cake)
1. Allow all ingredients to come to room temperature. Preheat the oven to 350F. Line muffin pans with cupcake papers.
2. With a mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until fluffy.
Add the eggs 1 at a time and beat until well combined.
3. Combine all dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
Combine buttermilk, thawed concentrate, zest, and cranberries in a separate bowl.
Add in 1 cup each of the dry and wet mixtures alternately, beating on low until the whole mixture is well combined.
4. Fill cups with batter two-thirds full. Bake at 350 F for 20-25 minutes or until cupcakes
spring back in the middle when touched lightly. Cool for 10 minutes in pan.
For glaze:
1/4 cup thawed cranberry juice concentrate
1/4 cup vodka
5. Brush with cranberry/vodka glaze when cupcakes are still slightly warm.
When cupcakes are completely cooled, frost with lime-cointreau buttercream:
Lime-Cointreau Buttercream
1/2 c butter
4 c confectioner?s sugar
3 T Cointreau
juice from 1 large lime
Mix all ingredients on high speed until fluffy. Double this recipe if you are doing a lot of piping or have more than 2 dozen cupcakes.
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My questions are:
(1) Do you have a cosmopolitan cupcake recipe?
(2) Does the one I posted sound okay?
(3) Do you have a better suggestion for the SATC party?
Thanks!
Re: NER: SATC Movie Party Food Help
That recipe sounds really good!
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