Yup, the last of the summer berries are almost gone. You can still find some residual summer berries but these days, plums, plum-related fruits (eg, plouts) and varieties of apples are now in season.
These are some of lemon cupcakes I had done before summer ended although Texas weather still feels a whole lot like summer. I still need a lot of practice in decorating with frosting so I guess I'll be doing some other cupcakes for Fall.
After a few disasterous attempts of creating rosettes from my darn piping piece, I decided that fruits would be a better "decoration" piece...besides, I like the whole berry decor...:)
For those who are interested in the lemon cupcake recipe, I used the basic cupcake recipe from 500 Cupcakes and added a little of Boyajian Lemon Oil instead of the vanilla essence that was asked for. I also switched from plain flour to cake flour making it a lighter and fluffier cupcake.
As for the frosting, it's a mascarpone frosting instead of the regular cream cheese frosting or buttercream. I used 1.5 cups of mascarpone and 1 cup of confectioners sugar, beat them well with a mixer till fluffy, about 2-3 mins.
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