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Key Lime Cupcakes




Source of Recipe


Southern Lady


List of Ingredients




3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1tbsp key lime zest
3 large eggs
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup half-and-half
2 tbsp fresh key lime juice

Key Lime Filling:
1 (3-oz) pkg cream cheese softened
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 (10-oz) jar lime curd

Key Lime Buttercream
1-1/2 cups sugar
4 egg whites
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups butter softened
2 tsp Key lime zest


Recipe



Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners; set aside.

In a large bowl, combine butter, sugar, and lime zest. Beat at high speed with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cracker crumbs, baking powder and salt.

In a small bowl, whisk together half-and-half and lime juice. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, alternately with half-and-half mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups until each cup is 2/3 full. Bake 16 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.

Using a melon baller, carefully remove a small amount of cake from center of each cupcake. Spoon or pipe about 1 tsp Key Lime Filling in center of each cupcake. Frost tops of cupcakes with Key Lime Buttercream.

Key Lime Filling:
In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese at medium speed until creamy. Add sugar, beating until smooth. Add curd, beating until combined. Cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days.

Key Lime Buttercream:
In the top of a double boiler, over simmering water, combine sugar, egg whites and vanilla. Cook, whisking constantly, until mixture reachers 140 degrees on a candy thermometer. Remove from heat and transfer to large bowl. Beat at high speed for 10 minutes. Reduce speed to medium low; add butter, 1 tbsp at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in zest. Use immediately.