In the middle of summer, when I was bored out of my mind and decided to start keeping track of all of the different cake-related things I was doing, I created a list. A list of flavors. And because I love to make lists, I divided that list into more lists. I separated them into 'themes' and one of those themes was 'The Flavors Of Fall'. Here's what I came up with.
The first one I made was an orange clove cupcake with a whipped cranberry buttercream. The garnish on it is blood orange zest.
The second one I made was a gingerbread cupcake. It had a lot of ginger flavor to it. On top was a molasses buttercream, crushed gingerbread cookie crumbs and a gumdrop.
This one was I think the overall favorite of the guinea pigs who tried them (my mother's co-workers). It's a pumpkin cupcake topped with a pecan pie-like filling and then garnished with a dollop of Cool Whip. Not whipped cream, but Cool Whip. And it tasted exactly like Thanksgiving dessert.
On the last one, I tried to create something that would taste like mulled apple cider, but it ended up tasting more like apple pie. It was very good, but might need to be rethought in some places. I started with a spiced apple cake. I made a filling out of thickened apple juice filled with cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves. The result was basically pie filling without the fruit in it. Then I took the apples that I had stewed to get the juice and chopped them up and set them aside. I topped them with a maple cream cheese frosting and then garnished with the chopped apples and some leftover gingerbread crumbs.
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