Thursday, July 11, 2013

tasty thursday

Key Lime Cupcakes


Cupcake Ingredients: 
1 cup flour
3/4 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 1/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/4 teaspoon green food coloring
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel

Icing Ingredients: 
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
green food coloring

Cupcake Directions: 

Preheat oven to 350. Line standard muffin pan with liners. 

Whisk both flours in medium bowl.  Beat butter in large bowl until smooth.  Add sugar; beat to blend.  Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then next 3 ingredients (batter may look curdled).  Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions.  Spoon 1/3 cup batter into each liner.  

Bake cupcakes 20-25 minutes (insert knife into center to see if done; if so, it will come out clean).  

Cool 10-15 minutes; remove from pan.  


Icing Directions: 

Beat all ingredients in a medium sized bowl until smooth; spread over cupcakes.  

Voila! You've made Key-Lime Cupcakes!  They are divine.



***Side note; this batch makes about 12 cupcakes +/-.  I double recipe for a large batch (24 cupcakes).

Enjoy!!


Thanks for walking with us,
JL

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