Recipe from Cupcake Jemma which I wanted to experiment the flavors with! Definitely something interesting. I’m a fan of exploring new flavors and was curious how a herbed cake would taste like. Good thing there was the lemon to balance it out, and the result is quite a refreshing cupcake with a twist! Modications: reduced sugar to 215 g.

I decorated these with Russian piping tips, which I was so so excited to try after seeing a whole bunch of tutorials online. You can find them on Phoon Huat, and I picked 4 after quite a bit of reearch. You will also need leaf tips, which are super handy to have to complete the designs. Another useful tip is to encase each color in individual cling films, so that you don’t need to directly place each color in the piping bag. It also ensures that the colors come out more evenly – we know how hard it is to get exactly one third of the piping bag in equal colors! And when you’re done, you can even save each individual color frosting. Each Russian flower produces a mini happiness hehe. Make sure to add a bit of pressure in the initial pipe to ‘stick’ on to the cupcake base, and lift off gently to reveal a gorgeous flower. And if it fails just scrape it off, its so forgiving, and the end result looks way fancier than the actual amount of effort put in. Happy piping!