Key Lime Cupcakes

• Cake:
• 1 (15.25 ounce) package white cake mix (such as Pillsbury(R) Classic White)
• 1 cup water
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons lime zest
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 3 drops green food coloring (optional)
• Frosting:
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons lime zest
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 2 tablespoons pearlized sprinkles, or as needed (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners or spray with cooking spray.
2. Mix cake mix, water, eggs, and vegetable oil together in a bowl using an electric mixer until batter is smooth, about 2 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons lime zest, lime juice, and food coloring; mix well. Pour batter into the prepared muffin cups.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until golden and a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Cool cupcakes on a wire rack.
4. Beat butter and cream cheese together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add 2 tablespoons lime zest and vanilla extract to creamed butter mixture; mix well. Mix confectioners' sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, into creamed butter mixture until frosting is smooth; chill in refrigerator until frosting is thickened, about 30 minutes.
5. Spread frosting onto each cupcake and top with sprinkles.

white cake, water, eggs, vegetable oil, lime zest, lime juice, coloring, frosting, butter, cream cheese, lime zest, vanilla, sugar, pearlized sprinkles

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/237538/key-lime-cupcakes/ (may not work)