Monday night I made the most delicious cupcakes ever. They were so delicious, some folks in the tweetiverse even asked for the recipe. I was very flattered to see the response. So here it is. How to Make Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes:

• Make the fluffy white cake from epicurious. (this makes over 3 1/2 doz cupcakes, so you may want to half the recipe). I'm sure any white cake recipe would do, but I really like this one.
• Fill cupcake cups with a heaping spoonful of batter and bake at 350º for 15-17 minutes.
• Allow cupcakes to cool. Put the cupcakes in an airtight container and allow to rest for a few hours or overnight. If you don't cover the cupcakes, they'll dry out!
• Make the lemon curd recipe from epicurious. You'll want to half the recipe if you don't want loads of leftovers & even if you're making the full 3 1/2 dozen cupcakes. You could always just buy the curd if you wanted to.
• Poke a hole in the middle of each cupcake using the back of a fork or knife.
• Fill pastry bag with lemon curd & fill each hole with curd.
• Make strawberry lemon icing (recipe below).
• Fill pastry bag or plastic bag with frosting and frost each cupcake.
• Garnish cupcakes with sliced strawberries just before serving.

Strawberry Lemon Icing from the kitchen of Melissa Esplin makes enough to frost about 1 1/2 dozen cupcakes 1 tablespoon lemon juice 4-6 fresh strawberries 1 cube or 1/2 cup butter, softened 2 cups powdered sugar Puree strawberries & lemon juice in a blender. Allow strawberries to macerate for about 10 minutes; it helps with the flavor. With a hand mixer beat strawberry mixture, butter and sugar until consistency is smooth. You may want to add more sugar or more lemon juice to get your preferred consistency. Frosting is perfect for sugar cookies, cupcakes, cakes, etc. Hope you like them! Let me know if you have any questions about the recipe. I used the fluffy white cake recipe for Penelope's birthday cake. It was really good, but I think this recipe works better as a cupcake. I don't know what it is, but that's just how I feel about it. Enjoy!!