Key lime pie and rose and chocolate cakes

...This weekend saw the sun and a BBQ for Mr and Mrs M's housewarming. I obviously took this as an excuse to bake...!

I followed the Hummingbird Home Sweet Home recipes to the letter and produced these lil beauties... Only changes were to pipe a rose onto the rose ones. 

If I were to make these again (and I definitely will!) I'd make the custard for the key lime pie cupcake frosting the day before as even though mine was cool, if it had been refrigerated I think I'd have been able to create a better finish (swirled or piped). I won't repeat the recipe here as they're both quite long, but here are pics and notes...

Zesty goodness for the lime curd filling for the key lime pie cakes 

Lime curd for the filling, chilling! So delicious I had to keep some for putting on toast. Will definitely repeat this bit on its own!

Vanilla sponges ready to fill... Cored...

And filled...

Custardy goodness slipped on

Choccy rose sponges

Filled with (blooming delicious) rose custard

Finished! Not a bad afternoon's work :)

JB