Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed to be sure all ingredients are well incorporated. Add egg whites in two batches, mixing until well combined after each.Add sour cream, vanilla extract and orange zest and mix until well combined.In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light in color and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes.Preheat oven to 350☏ (176☌) and prepare a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.They are light and delicious and make me feel like I should be sipping my tequila sunrise cocktail and eating a cupcake right by the pool. The cupcakes are topped with a cherry and slice of orange, to give the full cocktail effect! They make a really fun presentation and feel like summer in a cupcake. The two bags combined into one does a great job of keeping the colors from combining before being piped onto the cupcakes. I added the frosting to two separate, smaller piping bags, then put both of those bags into a large piping bag fitted with a large closed star tip. Feel free to add more color to the frosting if you want a bolder swirl. I added a touch of orange icing color to the orange frosting, but the pink shade of the cherry frosting is all from the grenadine. The orange frosting has a little bit of fresh squeezed orange juice and orange zest, and the cherry frosting is flavored with grenadine. The frosting is a combination of both orange and cherry buttercreams swirled together for a fun multi-colored cupcake. I also added a bit of tequila to both the cupcake and the frosting. I chose not to color the batter, but feel free to add a little orange coloring if you’d like. The cupcake is flavored with fresh squeezed orange juice and orange zest which gives it the most wonderful citrusy orange flavor. These cupcakes are light, fluffy and fun version of the classic cocktail. Plus, the orange juice makes me feel like I’m being a little bit healthy. I love the sweetness paired with the tequila. For those who haven’t ever had the cocktail, it’s a combination of orange juice, grenadine and tequila. Tequila Sunrise is one of the first cocktails that I fell in love with. So turning a cocktail into a cupcake is right up my alley. ![]() ![]() A new recipe by our contributor, Lindsay Conchar. A cupcake recipe inspired by the cocktail with orange juice, grenadine and tequila decorated with two-tone frosting and maraschino cherry.
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