Sunday is always for food… what about, let’s say… dessert and drinks?
Our “quasi-Mexican creative juices” are constantly boiling, and when there’s time to “experiment something new in the kitchen”, I’m all for it! This time, snapshots from two quick ideas:
One Mexican drink, “Paloma Cocktail” and one dessert, “Margarita Cupcakes”, all “adjusted” to our reality here in Brazil (it’s not always possible to find the perfect ingredients for that perfect recipe – also, I’m far from perfect, when it comes to cooking/baking/mixing, but I’m pretty venturous for trying to make something intriguing, interesting, or, at least, cool-looking…) 
How to make the “Paloma”?
Ingredients:
- 2 oz blanco or reposado tequila
- 1/2 oz lime juice
- salt for rimming (optional)
Preparation:
- Rim a collins glass with salt.
- Fill the glass with ice and add the tequila and lime juice. Top it all off with a splash of Sprite. (need to share this with another fellow blogger, who loves “Brazilian challenges“!)
The original recipes for the margarita cupcakes may be found here: Margarita Cupcakes and here Margarita Cupcakes - I had to “adapt” a little, making the frosting myself with lime jello mix and chantilly cream – “Brazilian-style”, but it worked!
- Hey! We’re already missing some cupcakes!!!!
brasileiro? latino? no speak americano?? click!
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good feedback!
Madhu
May 20, 2012 at 3:45 pm
The Paloma sounds like just the thing for our 43 degree furnace right now!
3rdCultureChildren
May 20, 2012 at 5:01 pm
great idea!
Ana Gaby
May 20, 2012 at 6:45 am
Love them both! I was looking for a margarita cupcake recipe, so thanks! As for the palomas, I love them! Sprite is a great subsitute!
3rdCultureChildren
May 20, 2012 at 11:50 am
And Sprite works very well! Gotta be resourceful, right? Thanks for checking it out, Ana Gabi!
Gilly Gee
May 20, 2012 at 4:01 am
Hahaha I can’t imagine they would last long!
3rdCultureChildren
May 20, 2012 at 11:42 am
And they didn’t
thanks, Gilly!
catbirdinoman
May 20, 2012 at 1:04 am
It all looks so delicious! Can I join you?
3rdCultureChildren
May 20, 2012 at 11:46 am
Absolutely! Thanks for loving it!