Friday 25 May 2012

Mexican Car Bomb Cupcakes


Corona, tequila and lime in a cupcake - what more could you ask for in life?

Does anybody else do To Do Lists? I'm all over them, I think it's my control-freak tendencies. I always get up in the morning and write myself a list that looks something like this:

1. Clean kitchen
2. Clean out Uli's hutch
3. Clean bathroom and ensuite
4. Prune mulberry tree
5. Finish making trousers
6. Make something for Holiday Recipe Club
7. Blog recipe
8. Finish writing application
9. Write journal article
10. Make strawberry dress
11. Cut out Mah Jong dress
12. Vacuum house

Generally it's a ridiculously long list of things which I'll never possibly manage to get done. By the end of the day my list usually looks like this:

1. Clean kitchen
2. Clean out Uli's hutch
3. Clean bathroom and ensuite
4. Prune mulberry tree
5. Finish making trousers
6. Make something for Holiday Recipe Club
7. Blog recipe
8. Finish writing application
9. Write journal article
10. Make strawberry dress
11. Cut out Mah Jong dress
12. Vacuum house

At least I get some things done. However, as you can see the good news is that I managed to cook something to blog :) Today's Holiday Recipe Club ingredients are pork, watermelon and beer. Pork is obviously out, and watermelon is a bit ridiculous at this time of year - being incredibly out of season and not that appealing when it's freezing and windy. So that left beer. Lots of possibilities, but I couldn't really settle on anything.

What I ended up with were these cupcakes inspired by a drink called a Mexican Car Bomb. It's not a cocktail as such, it just means you take your corona and add a shot of tequila to it. I love Corona, it's delicious with lime and it's vegan friendly to boot! Using beer (or other carbonated drinks) in cupcakes makes for such a light and springy cake. These cupcakes are laced with corona and tequila with zingy lime icing on top. They're also perfect accompanied by a corona!


Ingredients

The Cake
1 cup Corona
1/4 cup tequila
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp lime zest
1/3 cup apple sauce
1 1/4 cups wholemeal plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

The Icing
1/2 cup vegan margarine (I use Nuttelex)
2 tsp lime juice
1 tsp lime zest (or as much as you like, I like to use more to make it extra limey)
1 tsp tequila
pinch of salt
1 cup soft icing mixture
Lime slices to decorate

To Make
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
2. Combine the Corona, tequila, sugar,vanilla, lime zest and apple sauce. Don't over mix it though, as you'll loose some of the carbonation of from the Corona.
3. Sift in the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and mix to combine.
4. Fill cupcake liners almost to the top and bake for 20 minutes, at which time a knife should come out clean when inserted into the middle.
5. Put on a cooling rack and allow to cool completely. While they are cooling you can make the icing.
6. Cream the margarine, lime juice and zest, vanilla and tequila together. Beat in the soft icing mixture until the icing is nice and fluffy. Ice cakes when they are completely cool and decorate with fresh slices of lime.

Makes 10 cupcakes.


13 comments:

  1. I had to laugh at your to do list - its funny because it looks like mine (both the before and the after!) Your cupcakes look perfect!

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  2. Oooooh, these cupcakes look AMAZING! Vacuuming is always last on my list. LOL!

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  3. OMG! I am completely intrigued by this recipe and have to try it!!!

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  4. Wow these are so fun! I've never had a Mexican car bomb in it's drink form, but I think think that cupcake sounds great.

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  5. Holy crap your cups sound and look amazing!!! This would be a sure hit at a BBQ.

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  6. What a fun cupcake! They sound wonderful! And I am all over lists. I will even add something to the list that I already did, just so I get to cross something off :)

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    1. I so do that too! Sometimes if it's a long list I'll even add things like "have a shower" so that I can cross more stuff off it! haha

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  7. Brilliant idea! This would be great for Cinco de Mayo also! I'm a list maker but it's mostly because I forget stuff...

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  8. What a great idea! I've heard of an Irish car bomb, but not a mexican--I bet these were fantastic!

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  9. I always have a check list by my desk...until it gets buried so deep that I have to start a new one! This looks like the best way to enjoy beer...lovely cupcakes!

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  10. These are great cupcakes! Perfect for all the hot weather we are having. Their name sounds like a party!

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  11. Hi. What a fantastic name of the cupcakes- very inventive! Sadly no im not from the blue mountains instead sydneys inner west. Love the blog

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  12. What amazing cupcakes! These would be a huge hit at a party.

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