Tequila Sunrise Cupcakes

Now that my sister is home from college, I've been looking at recipes for more baking with alcohol. I still prefer the "sweet, girly stuff," as she put it the one time we went to a bar. While searching Pinterest, I decided that the Tequila Sunrise Cupcakes from thecakeblog looked sweet and girly enough for me.

When actually making them, I learned two things. First, I love the smell of grenadine. Second, that the first three times I made frosting didn't lie, I really am terrible at it. It tasted really good, but it only reached a halfway-solid consistency after I got my dad to help me.

The good news about this - there's leftover tequila-spiked frosting, and we always have cake mix in the cupboard. I'm going to see what other cakes like this frosting.

The cake itself was a little too tough, but I might have baked the cupcakes for too long. They tasted fine, but the frosting was what got the recipe a spot in my personal cookbook.