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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Key Lime Cupcakes

I found this recipe for Key Lime cupcakes. They looked so yummy and seeing as how much I love lime, I just had to try them! They were jut as good as they looked.

CAKE
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter - room temperature
1 & 1/4 cup sugar
*cream these together for 4 minutes

2 eggs - add one at a time
2 & 1/2 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon lime zest
1 drop green food coloring paste
*Add to butter sugar mixture. It will looked curdled.

1 & 3/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
*Mix together in a separate bowl

3/4 buttermilk
*Add some flour mixture to the butter, sugar mixture. Then add some buttermilk, then some flour mixture, then buttermilk, repeat.

Bake on 350 for 20 to 25 minutes

ICING
1 stick butter at room temp.
8 ounces cream cheese at room temp.
2 & 1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon lime zest

1 comment:

Suzanna said...

Hey, it looks like you made more than one! How come I didn't get any? :0). They look really YUMMY!!!!