Recently a great friend celebrated his birthday. To surprise him, I decided to turn his favorite cocktail into a cupcake! A must for any party, these gin and tonic cupcakes are stunning and surprisingly easy to make. Be careful when baking; the cake should be light and airy rather than hard and overcooked. The creamy frosting has a mild gin flavor, but feel free to add more or less booze to suit your tastebuds. My local market did not have citrus jellies, so I used sugar-coated lime slices as garnish. Homemade candied lime peel is another excellent option for garnish. To celebrate with your own gin and tonic cupcakes, read more.
From Gorgeous Cakes by Annie Bell
Ingredients
Cake
2 medium egg whites
Pinch of sea salt
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar, sifted
1/4 cup flour
1 1/2 tablespoons tonic water
Frosting
1/2 cup mascarpone
1 tablespoon gin
2 tablespoons corn syrup
Green food coloring
Lime slices covered in sugar or jellied lime or lemon slices, for garnish
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 325° Fahrenheit. With an electric hand mixer, beat the egg whites in a large bowl with salt and cream of tartar until they are risen. Now beat in the sugar, a couple of tablespoons at a time, sprinkling it over the egg whites and beating about 20 seconds with each addition. Fold the sifted flour into the meringue in three stages, and then stir in the tonic water.
- Arrange muffin paper baking cups inside a muffin tin and fill two thirds full. Bake for 15-20 minutes until lightly golden on the surface and still springy to the touch. Remove and let cool.
- Spoon mascarpone into a bowl and beat in the gin and then the syrup and tint it the palest green with a little food coloring. Fill a icing bag or ziploc with the tip cut off to frost the cupcakes.
- Use a decorative toothpick to spear lime slices in sugar or jellied candies and insert one into each cupcake.
Makes 12 cupcakes.
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Ohhh this is a great b-day cupcake idea....can't wait to try it!!
1I know, these sound fabulous!!
2Would a bit of lime juice in the frosting be too much? Either way, this sounds like an absolute treat! Your friend is sooo lucky!
3can't wait to make these!! yummmy!!!
4Ooooh, my best friend loves mojitos, but is pregnant. I could make a version of these for her, but boil the rum for a few minutes before adding to the frosting to cook the alcohol out!
5i love gin and tonics! i also happen to love cupcakes! perfection...
6Oh these look delicious!
7oooh i like this - it's something that i've never thought about before - but i like the concept and might have to try it some time.
8ew. This does not sound good to me at all. But then again I'm not a big drinker and I definitely don't like foods made with alcohol. I imagine they'd be good for those who do though.
9Someone should make a cookbook with only drink inspired cake recipes! hee hee.
10If I were a fruit, which fruit would I be? I'd be a lime, as I have a natural affinity for both gin and tonic. (See today's Scary Go Round for as close to an explanation as you can hope for.)
11looks pretty!
12Gin and tonic tastes like lighter fluid.
13Really good gin and tonics are pure win. So refreshing.
Bad gin is abysmal and belongs in spray bottles for cleaning countertops.
14I made these cupcakes in a mini-version for my bosses bday. They were a big hit! Extremely light in taste and texture and refreshingly lime tasting to boot.
15Any way to sneak alcohol into the office, I support.
16I'm going to use this for my 21st birthday bash, along with the tequila watermelon slices recipe!
17lol @sham28
I agree...anyway these look delish. Adding to the list!
18oh yum! I like the idea of using something different in a cake batter. Tonic water rather than milk!? neat.
19Plus I'd add a touch a lime to the frosting for an extra zing.
This is one of the worst recipes I have ever made! My boss loves gin and tonics and I thought this would be a perfect recipe to take in...BIG MISTAKE! They come out looking nothing like the picture and there is absolutely no taste. The frosting is all curdled and no matter how much I beat it, the liquid just oozes out of the mascarpone. Oh, one batch will only make 6-8 normal size cupcakes
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