one of my coworkers is getting married soon, so during our office’s end of the semester celebration, we had a little surprise for her. everyone in the office chipped in and got her a gift and i also wanted to make cupcakes especially for her. of course, i wanted to make sure that i made a flavor that she liked. i knew she doesn’t like chocolate so i thought something fruity might be nice. but there are so many different fruity possibilities. but then i remembered that she had mentioned that she thought the lemon ice cream with raspberry swirl sounded really good, so i figured this would be a good combination for her cupcakes. i just kind of winged it and here’s what i came up with, lemon zested cupcakes with raspberry filling and lemon buttercream. i tried one last night and really liked how they turned out. they are fresh and bright and i especially like the raspberry filling.
for the frosting, i tried the rose technique from i am baker. if you haven’t checked out this blog, i highly recommend doing so. her cakes are absolutely stunning. i thought the roses would be a little fancier since these were kind of wedding inspired cupcakes. i think they turned out pretty nicely considering it way my first attempt at it but i’ll definitely be practicing more in the future.
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