poppy seeds – zezoo cooks

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These cupcakes are a really unique and beautiful way to kick of citrus season. Starring grapefruit, a rather underrated member of the citrus family, these cupcakes are bright and whimsical. Easy to adapt to various citrus combinations, but there’s something about grapefruit, poppy seeds and yogurt that makes this particular combination sing!

Thanks to a surplus of grapefruit from the farmers market, I actually tried my hand at candying grapefruit slices at home this time, and used the homemade candied grapefruit slices to decorate these cuties. Before citrus season ends, I do intend to try candying a few more times and share some tips on the blog!

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Think “Color Run 5K”. Now multiply by 50,000 and replace “run” with dancing, giggling and frolic. And that’s Holi in India for you! “Holi Hai!” translates to “It’s Holi!” and is the warcry of one of the funnest Indian festivals, usually around the beginning of March, to celebrate the arrival of spring and the triumph of good over evil. Part 1 of Holi is celebrated late in the evening with huge bonfires, where people burn statues of a demon princess. The only “ritual” on the following day (Part 2) is to have fun and lots of it: friends and family visit each other and throw colors on each other, hose each other down with colored water, and other such activities.

IMG_6102(1) — A few of the many colors that will cover the streets of India *(and also some in the United States)*

Music, dancing and good food is involved, as with most Indian festivals.

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Grapefruit poppy seed cupcakes with yogurt glaze

“Holi Hai!”