If you follow along here on Girl Meets Butter (hi Mom!!), you may have noticed that I can’t help but add booze to my creations. Take these for example: Mojito Cupcakes, Obsidian Stout Chocolate Cake and Rumchata Root Beer Float Cupcakes. In addition to my love affair with boozy desserts I have an obsession with brunch. Best meal of the day. Hands down. Brunch is basically my excuse to eat whatever the hell I want from 9 a.m to 2 p.m. Prime rib and eggs? Chicken and waffle sandwich? Three egg omelet with bacon, sausage and beer cheese? Yes, yes and hell yes. Anything goes, people! You can’t go wrong with brunch.
Plus, people don’t judge you for having a drink with brunch. Bloody Mary? Sure! Load it up with pickles, olives and a stick of sausage and it’s basically a meal in itself! My favorite however, is the Mimosa. A little (or a lot) bubbly with a side of O.J. That’s why I created these cupcakes. You don’t really hear of people having dessert with brunch and I think that needs to change. We can start by eating these Mimosa Cupcakes. Moist cupcakes and fluffy buttercream flavored with champagne and oranges.
I decided to make these on a whim one day and I didn’t have any real oranges or orange juice in the house. However, I did have some Amoretti Orange Cream Artisan flavoring. I also happened to have a bottle of champagne hanging around so I figured I’d give these a go. My intent was to use the little Wilton Shot Tops and fill them with champagne. After several attempts however, I decided to forgo that idea for now. I will probably try these again with real oranges or orange juice so I will probably try the shot tops again because they are just too cute not to!
I used my vanilla cupcake recipe as the base for these, swapping in champagne for the milk and adding the Orange Cream flavor. Next time, I’d like to try out a champagne extract/flavoring to really get that punch of flavor. I feel like the champagne gets lost in the cupcake after baking. I did the same for the buttercream, using a vanilla base and flavoring with orange cream and champagne.
Now that the cupcake portion of today’s post is out of the way we can get down to the nitty gritty. I realize it’s been a while since my last post. Since I work full time this blog sometimes takes a backseat. On top of that I have finally gotten everything together to start a legitimate side business for all things sweet! Whoot whoot! You may notice some updates and changes here along the way as I incorporate some business aspects to this little blog. I am super excited for what’s to come and can’t wait to share more cupcakes with you! Thanks for following along on this little journey of mine!
Here’s to brunch cupcakes!!
Ann
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Congrats on starting a side business for all things sweet!! So excited for you! Look forward to watching what great things come from your journey. Good Luck!
Thanks Amanda!!