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Key Lime Cupcakes Recipe


Key Lime Cupcakes Recipe
Yummy lime cupcake with a lime cream cheese frosting. Moist and flavorful

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Ingredients
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup self-rising flour
  • 1 cup butter, room temperature, divided
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons finely grated lime peel, divided
  • 1/4 teaspoon neon-green food coloring
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
  2. Line muffin pan with paper liners.
  3. Whisk flours in medium bowl.
  4. Beat 1/2 cup butter in large bowl until smooth.
  5. Add sugar and beat to blend.
  6. Beat in eggs one at a time.
  7. Add in fresh lime juice, 1 tablespoon lime peel, and food coloring.
  8. Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions, alternately with buttermilk in 2
  9. additions.
  10. Spoon 1/3 cup batter into each liner.
  11. Bake cupcakes until tester inserted comes out clean, 20 to 25
  12. minutes.
  13. Cool 10 minutes and remove from pan to cool completely.
  14. Beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1 tablespoon limepeel and vanilla in medium bowl until smooth.
  15. Spread over cupcakes.

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Love CreamCheese
Thx for the post !!!


I love key lime stuff - great recipe.


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