Recipe for the Lime cup cakes - 1 3/4 cupAll 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 spoonfine lime zest 1/4 tsp light green food coloring 3/4 cup buttermilk
Ingredients for the Frosting - 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
Method - 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 and pipe with the frosting....enjoy....
Recipe for the Lime cup cakes -
ReplyDelete1 3/4 cupAll 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 spoonfine lime zest
1/4 tsp light green food coloring
3/4 cup buttermilk
Ingredients for the Frosting -
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
Method -
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 and pipe with the frosting....enjoy....