These were an experiment.
This flavor has been floating around here and there. I've heard of people making mimosa flavored cupcakes and since my friend Amy had a taste of one at a bridal show (she said she loved it), I decided I should try to make it.
This was an impromptu trial as I was in the cake shop this afternoon and decided to buy some champagne flavoring.
I added orange flavoring to a vanilla cake recipe and topped it off with champagne flavored buttercream.
I turned out pretty good. I would say it tastes like a cross between a creamsicle and a mimosa. Rodney says they taste like bubble gum. I'm not really sure that's what I was going for ...
I think for my next attempt I might try adding some orange zest to the batter - I think I might also do a creamy orange mousse filling and then top it off with the champagne flavored buttercream.
This attempt did come out pretty well though and I'm pretty sure it's Rodney's new favorite!
