Hot Tamale

Since starting my new endeavor, I've been getting all kinds of ideas for different flavors to try! Andrew,(that's my boyfriend, for those who don't know) has been asking me for the past two weeks to take a stab at a Hot Tamale cupcake. I was not all that excited about this one, but I lovingly wrote it down on my list... towards the bottom!
Oddly enough, a friend just recently left me a note on Facebook suggesting aHot Tamale cupcake as well and if I didn't know any better I would have thought the two of them were in cahoots! But since then my wheels have been turning and I decided to oblige them both and make an attempt. So here is my first test run of a Hot Tamale cupcake, and I must admit, it's not too shabby!

We have here a vanilla cake with crushed Red Hots candies mixed in, and a red hot buttercream for which I used a homemade Hot Tamale simple syrup and crushed Red Hots candies. 

I guess it could be called a Red Hot cupcake, but I think Hot Tamale is little more sassy! :)

That will probably be all of the experimenting I'm able to do this week as I will be preping for my first day at the Wilsonville Thursday Market! More to come on that... stay tuned ;)