These ones are lovely lovely cupcakes. Basically a citrus sponge made of orange and lemon (St Clements I hear you cry, but no ...) and GRAPEFRUIT. Pretty exciting as I've never put grapefruit in a cake before. Both the rind and the juice. Yum yum. I used a normal white grapefruit, but I think a pink one would also be pretty exciting.
They rose nicely and have a light crumb. The topping is a citrus curd, made again from orange, lemon and grapefruit juice. This curd is TART (pun intended) and matches the sweet cakeyness really well. In fact the curd would be well nice on its own. Tip for Christmas present making next year.
I chose to top them with jelly slices, cos they're just a bit too cute. I also made some larger ones that are a good breakfast size.
Whether or not they actually have very much Vitamin C in them - I'm sure its made less good by cooking - these are pretty tasty, and the nice yellow colour means they are pretty cheerful. Thumbs UP.
Now grapefruit does sound interesting in a cake - these look very pretty too.
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