Key Lime Cupcakes

Prep Time: 30 Minutes

Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Ready In: 60 Minutes

Servings: 4

From Bon Appetit...September 2008. From the Buttersweet Bakery in Atlanta.

Ingredients:

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

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

Directions:

1. 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.
2. Bake cupcakes until tester inserted in center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool.
3. To Make the frosting: Beat all ingredients together in a medium bowl until smooth.
4. Spread frosting over cupcakes.

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