Baby Shower Cupcakes – Part 2

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Welcome back to The little brown house cupcake war!

Ok – it isn’t a war, it isn’t even a competition..

It’s an adventure… yeah – that’s it . The cupcake adventure. Read about part 1 here:

Baby Shower Cupcakes

In this post I will show you how I made the filling and frosting for these cute little guys -

Now for the lemon filling – I once again used a recipe from Hoosier Homemade

Here are the ingredients – I think real lemons are pretty much a requirement in this recipe.

I told you there was lots of butter involved -

Cupcakes, filling, frosting.. all butter.

It’s a good thing..

You need the juice and grated rind from 2 lemons

also a good thing..

In small saucepan, mix together:

Lemon juice

Lemon rind

1 Cup Sugar

2 Eggs beaten

2 Tbl. butter, melted

Simmer on stove on stove until thickened, about 15 minutes. Then chill.

This is so good! It is like lemon meringue pie – very lemony.

You may need a couple of bites though, just to make sure it is ok.

I believe that is one of the heavy responsibilities that goes along with being a cook…

another heavy responsibility is large hips…

Any-hoo

After the filling is chilled, you are ready to put it into your cupcakes!

I used a straw to make holes in the top of them

I ended up using a honey bottle to squirt the filling into the holes on the cupcakes,

it worked great. There is a story behind it, however.

I wandered around the dollar store for a good 20 minutes looking for

some kind of a plastic bottle to use for the filling, and I couldn’t find anything.

I kept looking at the honey, but rejected it because I didn’t need any honey.

My sister gets me honey from a local guy who makes it, and it is fabulous, so I

don’t use any other kind. I was so torn because it seemed like such a waste of money

to buy the honey and then pour it out. Then after a few more minutes of wandering

around the store, it occured to me that it was the same price if a bought an empty

squirt bottle or the honey…….. a dollar… so I poured the honey down the sink.  don’t hate me..

Don’t those look so good! I suppose  not everyone loves lemon as much as I do. But you should..

I don’t know what is going on with my plate – it seems to be covered in scratches.

I guess I need to look at that as a blessing – new dishes may be needed..

So, after filling the cupcakes, I frosted them with buttercream frosting.

I am not going to cover that recipe in this post – I am afraid I already lost half of you

with my sad honey bottle story..

But – I will tell you that this is the first time I have used a pastry bag and tip

It is alot of fun and I highly recommend it! I will include how to do that

in my Buttercream frosting post. Just don’t make the same mistake

I did. I didn’t really realize there was such a huge difference in tip sizes – so I got one that

looked cute, but was way to small for what I wanted.

I wanted big soft waves, and I got tiny little stripes.

I got a different tip and am going to frost the rest of these cupcakes

and the other ones I am making for the shower – chocolate with raspberry filling -

tomorrow night. I will post some finished pics on my friday’s post where I will show

you how I made my cute little cupcake tray – and where I got the cupcake

wrappers and personalized toppers.

I know – I keep stringing you along this week!

Please don’t leave me though – I promise it will be worth it!!

See you Friday!

Note to self – don’t blog while on pain meds for root canal.. post may be long and rambling…

Updated to add Friday’s Post

Dollar Store Cupcake Stands