baked & cupcaked: tequila cupcakes & chocolate party cupcakes

for my darling sister's 21st birthday i found it absolutely necessary to bake her cupcakes that celebrated the big occasion just right. i made two batches. the first were tequila cupcakes- just used the standard yellow cake recipe and added 2 tbsps of tequila & 4 tbsps of patron liqueur citronage for the batter / 1 tbsp of tequila & 2 tbsps of patron liqueur citronage for the icing (buttercream icing.) topped those babies with some lime and the festivities began!

baked & cupcaked: really-raspberry filled cupcakes

my wonderful dessert-enthusiast friend stephanie just turned 23 and for her birthday i decided to take a spin off of our favorite cake- raspberry elegance (layers of vanilla cake, raspberry jam and vanilla icing.)