{"id":2697,"date":"2013-04-01T07:54:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T12:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hillaryproctor.com\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2013-04-01T07:54:50","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T12:54:50","slug":"this-weeks-best-bite-dark-stormy-cocktail-inspired-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/01\/this-weeks-best-bite-dark-stormy-cocktail-inspired-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"This week’s Best Bite: Dark & Stormy cocktail-inspired cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dark<\/a>
Dark & Stormy cupcakes with rum cream cheese frosting and lime zest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Why it’s this week’s Best Bite:<\/strong> I made these cupcakes for a dear friend and coworker’s birthday this past week, in honor of a cocktail that we love to drink together. If you’ve never had one, a Dark & Stormy combines dark rum and ginger beer (or ginger ale, in a pinch), and is usually garnished with lime. I figured that these flavors would translate well into a cupcake, and through a bit of Googling, discovered that I wasn’t the first to have this idea. I went with the recipe that represented the two primary flavors with two distinct batters: one darker, with fresh ginger and molasses, and one lighter, with rum and citrus (I subbed in lime for lemon to stick with the traditional garnish). I finished the cupcakes off with cream cheese frosting \u2013 with more rum, of course \u2013 and a little more lime zest on top (the recipe called for crystallized ginger, but I’ve found that to be a little harsh for the less ginger-enthused, and the zest is more colorful anyway). I was very pleased that the cupcake really did seem to capture the cocktail. The cake stayed moist throughout, the cream cheese added richness, and all the flavors married together well. I got a lot of positive feedback from my coworkers too! You’ll find more photos of the baking process below.<\/p>\n

\"Cupcake<\/a>
Cupcake ingredients<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lots<\/a>
Lots of lime zest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dark<\/a>
Dark ginger and light rum batters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Both<\/a>
Both batters are in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fresh<\/a>
Fresh out of the oven and ready for frosting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The details:<\/strong> View the original recipe.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why it’s this week’s Best Bite: I made these cupcakes for a dear friend and coworker’s birthday this past week, in honor of a cocktail that we love to drink together. If you’ve never had one, a Dark & Stormy combines dark rum and ginger beer (or ginger ale, in a pinch), and is usually […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[158,335,360,374,383,386,551,694],"class_list":["post-2697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-bites-2","tag-birthday-cupcakes","tag-cocktail-cupcakes","tag-cream-cheese-frosting","tag-cupcakes","tag-dark-and-stormy","tag-dark-rum","tag-ginger","tag-lime-zest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}