I am a HUGE fan of any food that includes alcohol. Not because I’m a drunk, oh no! But because I think that alcohol and food pairings are like culinary alchemy and I like to be the wizard in charge. Any time I see a likely looking recipe I want to go straight home and cook it and I happened to see this recipe for cupcakes on a day I was going to a birthday party. Divine intervention methinks! Especially as I knew the party in question would involve lots of white wine, so why not bring Chardonnay cupcakes?
I really enjoy surfing through other cooking blogs and the first place I always look is the latest blog post, then the recipes. Lucky for me the two were combined in this case. I happened upon Katie Arkenberg’s blog via twitter and I Â suggest you all take a look at her blog, pearlsplusgirls.com And if you get the chance, make these cupcakes, they are delicious, and most important of all… everyone loves them!
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup chardonnay
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- zest 1 lemon
- zest 1 lime
Citrus buttercream
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- juice 1 lemon
- juice 1 lime
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- Set aside one large, medium and smallish bowl
- In the medium bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder and soda
- In the small bowl whisk together the sour cream and Chardonnay
- In the large bowl using a hand held whisk or a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until combined and lightened in colour
- Add the vanilla and one egg, then the other and mix on medium speed until creamy
- Add half each of the remaining ingredients, wet and dry, and mix on medium speed, then mix in the other halves, with the lemon and lime zest, until completely combined
- Fill cupcake liners to two thirds full and bake for 15 minutes for mink cupcakes and25 minutes for normal sized. Test whether cooked by checking the centre for a clean toothpick. Let cool for 30 mins before icing
- For the frosting, beat the butter for 1 minute on medium before adding two cups of powdered sugar and lemon and lime juice
- Add the remaining cup of powder sugar and beat for three minutes until light and fluffy
- Get frosting!
Thanks for sharing! What an honor to be featured on your blog! Cheers! ~ Katie