Rhubarb Cupcakes

A few weeks ago my mother went to a BIG farmers market, and bought up BIG..

She has been struggling to use up all the beautiful produce, before it spoils..

Enter a spare bunch of rhubarb, delivered into my hot little hands..

Crumble or buckle you say?-

Hell no, it's cupcakes all the way :)

This ambitious gamble, turned out very well indeed.
I found a recipe on the net, for a rhubarb cake, which already used apple sauce..

I adjusted the rest accordingly, substituting apple juice concentrate for sugar & canola oil for butter ..

Hot from the oven, the cakes, although meeting the toothpick test-seemed moist to the point of- under done..
Today however, they are dense, moist as can be and delicious.

I made a simple vanilla buttercream frosting.
Sprinkled desicated coconut on top.

Made a rhubarb syrup with: stewed rhubarb, confectioners sugar & soy milk;

And lightly decorated the frosting with it..

A really delicious dessert.

The flavours are subtle, but together- they slowly creep up on you, until in one exctasy filled mouthful, you cry- mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmn