I love Something Awful’s forums. The goons on the whole have a great attitude of acceptance of others (until they totally eviscerate an idiot) and a genuine curiosity about the new. I think I was perhaps a bit too old and jaded to really get everything out of Goonship I could have, but I still enjoy popping into “Ask/Tell” and “Goons with Spoons,” the cooking section.
Of course, that’s not how I found this recipe. (Thanks, Susie!) But whatever: it looks delicious.
Mojito Cupcakes [Forums.SomethingAwful.com]
Oooh… I think I have seen this recipe (or one similar) somewhere before. It sounds fantastic. Maybe I’ll make some for my 7/4 party. Mmmm.
That’s awesome, I didn’t know you were a goon. We really are everywhere.
I attempted this recipe Tuesday… I’m usually a fairly competent baker and I have a decent grasp on the chemistry involved, but I failed miserably with this one. I don’t know whether it was my screw-up or the recipe was faulty, but they didn’t rise properly (even after I added more baking powder in the second batch) or bake through completely, and the flavor seemed odd at best, even accounting for texture issues. The icing, however, was perfection*.
My solution, since I didn’t have time to experiment with the recipe until it worked:
Prepare 1 package of super moist butter recipe white cake mix according to directions, but substitute 1/2 cup of rum* and juice of 1 lime for roughly half the water (I put the rum and lime juice in the measuring cup first, then filled to 1 1/4 cup as the box instructed with water), and add the zest from the lime and ~ 1 oz. of finely chopped mint to the batter while mixing. They were fantastic.
*I also used light mango-flavored rum rather than dark or spiced, because that’s what I’ve had half a bottle of lying around since October.
Please mail 2 cupcakes to dethroner headquarters. Thanks.