Happy St. Patrick's Day to all my Irish heritage friends especially Barb and Kathleen! Today, I am joining Kathleen on her 2nd annual St. Patty's blog crawl - head on over to her blog HERE to see all the other amazing participants.
I didn't have a lot of time to prepare a party worthy dish and I don't own any shamrock themed dishes but I did manage to find some paper shamrock doilies as well as some shamrock cupcake liners. That's about as Irish as I get these days :)
Last week the bag of powdered sugar got damaged in the cupboard (what a mess) so while I was cleaning out the cupboard I found a lemon poppyseed muffin mix that I purchased a while ago for overnight guests and it didn't get used. That is a flavor that isn't as popular with J or I so since I was cleaning up powdered sugar I used what remained in the bag as my inspiration to sweeten them up a little. I prepared the muffins according to the mix directions and then made a thin mixture of fresh lemon juice and powdered sugar. As soon as the muffins came out of the oven - I poked them all over with a fork and poured the lemon sugar mixture over them so that it soaked into the muffins. 
After soaking all the muffins I used more powdered sugar to thicken the lemon mixture into icing and used some zest as a flavorful topping.
What we ended up with was more of a rich pound cake flavor and very delicious.
11 comments:
Oh they look good, nice and lemony!
Thanks so much for joining in dear friend. I know you have been busy, but the party wouldn't be the same without you!
Slainte'!
Sounds very good to me - I love poppy seed muffins - I like the way you "dressed" them up. Cute muffin papers and I LOVE those appie plates..where in the world did you find them!! LOL
Marsha, I would have loved those... lemon is a favorite for me and you topped them deliciously!
Marsha, for saying you didn't have much in the way of St. Patrick's decorations you did a fantastic job! The muffins look delicious...did you save one for me?
Marsha, toss me a muffin please! I love all your St. Patrick's decor.
Mmmmm your pictures look so yummy !
I will go back and oooo and ahhhh some more !
Kammy
Those look so delicious!
D
Those cupcakes sounds wonderful, Marsha! Lemon, poppyseed, poundcake texture - you're making my mouth water!
YUM...Lemon poppyseed is my favorite. Lovely photos :)
Blessings & Happy St. Paddy's Day!
Gail
Lemon and poppy seed bread or muffins are among my favorites. I wish I could have been around to help you eat those. Love all your touches of green, Marsha. You have the best greens around in the summer. ;)
Very late to the party but wanted to stop by and say how delicious they look! Lemon and poppy, such a yummy combo!
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