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Key-Lime cupcakes are dense and refreshing, even on hot summer days! Makes 18 cupcakes
Ingredients
Amount
Ingredient
1 3/4 cup
All Purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons
Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon
Salt
1 stick
butter
1 1/4 cups
sugar
2
large eggs
2 1/2 table spoons
fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon
fine lime zest
1/4 tsp
light green food coloring
3/4 cup
buttermilk
FOR THE FROSTING
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8 0z
cream cheese
1 stick
butter
1/2
juice of a lime
3 1/2 (more as needed)
sifted powdered sugar
1 tsp
vannila extract
Directions
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.
FROSTING
Beat together cream cheese and butter. Add vannila and lime juice
use zest of lime for garnish