Some Like it HOT!!!

When I started this whole thing, I really thought that all my cupcakes would be fashioned after drinks; Pina Colada, Lime Margarita, Kahlua and coffee, Bailey's, etc.  But then my step son stopped by and suggested something different.  He was telling me about this vanilla ice cream he had that had a spice to it, like a jalapeno......hmmm - I don't know about that.  First of all, there isn't a drink that I know of that is vanilla and spicy, secondly what would I call it? 

I spent a little time thinking about it and discovered that there is this Whipped Cream Vodka that is wonderful! So, I thought a little more and came up with my "Spicy Whipped Cream Vanilla Cuptail".  I use the whipped cream vodka and vanilla beans and cayenne for the kick and they come out of the oven smelling like Heaven!  I use a vanilla bean butter cream and well, you'll have to try them for yourself, they are Heavenly!

So to continue on in my "Spicy" line of cupcakes comes my next creation but first a back story.

My husband loves spicy......I mean LOVES spicy.  He loves the Spicy Vanilla but would love it more if it were spicier.  I cannot use him as a gauge for what is spicy and what isn't because if it were up to him he would put habaneros, jalapenos and Serrano's on everything - yes, even his cupcakes!  So if you've read my blogs before, you would know that I have already blogged about my Strawberry Habanero Cupcake but I figured that I wouldn't stop there, my next attempt at the spicy side of baking would be a Lemon Serrano Cupcake.

I know, who would think to combine such things but I would because I love my hubby and I want him to enjoy my cupcakes!  So a lemon Serrano cupcake topped with lemon butter cream, lemon curd, and a candied Serrano pinwheel and voila - a cupcake with a kick, and I mean KICK! 



I let my hubby take my creation to his work and according to him - a few people have a new favorite!  Who would have thought?