Key Lime Cupcakes And Cream Cheese Frosting

Key Lime Cupcakes And Cream Cheese Frosting

SERVINGS: MAKES 12 CUPCAKES

Ingredients

Cupcakes:

• 1 cup all purpose flour

• 3/4 cup self-rising flour

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature

• 1 1/4 cup sugar

• 2 large eggs

• 2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

• 1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel

• 1/4 teaspoon neon-green food coloring

• 1 lime halved and sliced for cupcake garnish

• 3/4 cup buttermilk

Frosting:

• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

• 1 8-ounce package of cream cheese, room temperature

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature

• 1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel

• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

Cupcakes

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

• 2. Line standard muffin pan with 12 paper liners.

• 3. Sift both flours into a bowl and whisk together.

• 4. Place the butter into a mixing bowl and beat until smooth.

• 5. Slowly add the sugar to the butter and cream together until light and fluffy.

• 6. Slowly add the eggs into the mixture one at a time until completely incorporated.

• 7. Next add the fresh lime juice, grated lime peel and the drops of your food coloring into the mixture and blend.

• 8. Now slowly add in the flour mixture in 3 additions and alternate with the buttermilk in 2 additions until well incorporated into the batter.

• 9. Fill your cupcake liner to a little under 3/4 full.

• 10. Bake cupcakes for 20 to 25 minutes.

• 11. Allow the cupcakes to cool approximately for 10 minutes. Do not frost cupcakes until completely cooled.

Frosting

• 1. Place cream cheese into your mixing bowl and add in the butter and blend until light and fluffy.

• 2. Add in the vanilla extract and grated lime peel and blend.

• 3. Slowly add in the confectioners sugar until you reach the consistency you desire.

• 4. Place the frosting into your piping bag with the tip of your choice or spread on cupcakes with a knife.

• 5. Place a wedge of lime into each cupcake and refrigerate or serve immediately.

• Optional: sprinkle key lime colored decorative sugar on your finished creations.