3 days of cupcakes! Part Deux

Yesterday I introduced you to a few of the cupcakes done on Sunday, today I’ll show you my favorites. Sorry, about the lighting, I was holding on to the last rays of sunshine.

This pretty baby above was done with Wilton M1 tip that comes in their Cupcake Decorating Set, this was my first attempt at a swirl, I still need more practice, but nothing a candied lime won’t fix! If I recall properly this one had the ganache filling,  filled them using a long skinny tip that came in the same set as well.

This cupcake was made with the same tip only a different technique, not that I have much technique at all. Underneath the frosting and the lemon zest there’s a layer of chocolate ganache, that I beat too much and kinda solidified into chocolate butter. It was still very tasty, but no good for frosting.

Ready for the list?

Learned:

• You can overbeat ganache, when trying to make whipped ganache.
• Still cannot do the swirl.
• Natural Light is essential to my picture set up.