Key Lime Cupcakes
- For the Cupcakes
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup self-rising flour
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel
- 1/4 teaspoon neon-green food coloring
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- For the Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room tempeature
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- To make the cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a standard muffin pan with 12 paper liners. Whisk both flours in a medium bowl. Beat butter in a 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 in 3 additions, alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions. Spoon scant 1/3 cup batter into each liner.
- Bake cupcakes until tester inserted in center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool.
- To Make the frosting: Beat all ingredients together in a medium bowl until smooth.
- Spread frosting over cupcakes.
flour, flour, unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, lime juice, lime peel, neongreen food coloring, buttermilk, frosting, cream cheese, powdered sugar, unsalted butter, lime peel, vanilla extract
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/key-lime-cupcakes-323872 (may not work)