Productive Day With Wedding "Chores"

I made the test batch of wedding cupcakes: key lime and coconut. They are all a white cake base (yes, from a box because my family will attest that I can't make these cake from scratch recipes). Then, for the key lime, I made a filling from sweetened condensed milk, key lime juice, some lime zest and cream cheese - just to stiffen it up a bit. The coconut filling was either plain coconut, sugar and milk - just like an Almond Joy candy bar, note to self for future - or the same plain coconut filling with some choco chips stirred in while warm. Note to self - also intriguing for some future use.

Then, I made white butter cream frosting which I used on all. I'm needing to up my skillage in the piping department. While still a bit moist, I topped the key lime with some candied lime peel and on a few, I put some graham cracker crumbs dusted over the top. For the coconut, it was flaked and toasted coconut on all.

We're meeting the B&G today for dinner and a cupcake testing. I also did the thank you cards (50) and got the vases for the flowers from my local senior thrift store. $20 for everything! So my list is up to date, Kati, if you are out there monitoring these sorts of things.

Here are some photos: