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