Key Lime Cupcakes Recipe
These Key Lime Cupcakes are a fun little change to your dessert. They taste like key lime pie, but they are in cake form, and I think they may even be better than the actual pie.
Serving12
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ¾ cup self rising flour
- ½ cup butter (unsalted), room temp
- 1 ¼ cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 ½ Tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 Tablespoon grated lime peel
- ¼ teaspoon food coloring, green
- ¾ cup buttermilk
Frosting
- 18 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temp
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup butter (unsalted), room temp
- 1 Tablespoon grated lime peel
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line standard muffin pan with 12 paper liners.
- Whisk both flours in medium bowl. Beat butter in 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 mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions.
- Spoon scant 1/3 cup batter into each liner.
- Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool.
Frosting
- Beat all ingredients in medium bowl until smooth. Spread over cupcakes.
Nutrition
Calories: 508 kcal · Carbohydrates: 52 g · Protein: 6 g · Fat: 31 g · Saturated Fat: 18 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 116 mg · Sodium: 166 mg · Potassium: 118 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 38 g · Vitamin A: 1110 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 71 mg · Iron: 1 mg