Him: "Um... lemon?"
Me: "Oh, ok. Anything else?"
Him: "Strawberry...?"
Me: "Mmm hmm, lemon and strawberry. Ok, sounds good. Anything other flavors come to mind?"
Him: "Um..."
Me: "Never mind, I have some ideas."
I wanted to cover most of the bases so I made:
- Bourbon bread pudding cupcakes with a cream cheese frosting (which I'd made once before and the b-day girl really liked them)
- Lemon cupcakes with chopped fresh strawberries hidden beneath a light, vanilla butter cream frosting
- Banana nut cupcakes with a cream cheese frosting
- Coffee chocolate chip cupcakes with a cocoa butter cream frosting
- A rich, somewhat dense cheese cake flavored cake, with fresh strawberries atop it, and then the entire cake covered with a delicate ginger lime whipped cream frosting that was divine
The ginger lime whipped cream frosting was a huge hit. I can't wait to make more! A pregnant friend at the party, who is having a baby shower soon, asked me to make her a cake for the occasion.
Me: "Of course! I'd be happy to. What kind of cake would you like?"
Her: "That!" - pointing to the cake.
Me: "You got it!"
I can't wait to make it again, however, since most of what I made that day was created on the spot without any recipes I just hope what I bake in a couple weeks turns out!
Foolishly I didn't take any photos... but hopefully I can find some from the party to post.
