Margarita Cupcakes Amongst Margarita Buttercream Frosting

Hint-of-lime cupcakes topped amongst margarita buttercream. Any takers?

These were inspired yesteryear a menage unit of measurement friend's top-shelf margarita recipe. And I love them!! The cupcakes, that is. Well, in addition to the margaritas, too. On the rocks. Sorry, but I'm non a fan of that frozen give-me-an-ice-cream-headache stuff. On the rocks, for me, baby.

The cupcakes themselves conduct keep exactly a hint of lime ... my favorite vanilla cupcake batter amongst the zest of a brace of limes grated in. When I was developing this cupcake, I was hoping I could larn a touching on of lime flavour merely yesteryear adding zest - in addition to I did! I was really excited when this method worked in addition to gave me exactly the touching on of lime I was looking for.

The cakes are in addition to thence frosted amongst margarita buttercream ... that's the business office inspired yesteryear the top-shelf margaritas. Take basic buttercream with a footling lime juice, lime zest, Triple Sec, Cuervo Gold tequila, in addition to a pinch of tabular array salt in addition to you've got margarita buttercream. Tasty. Word of caution - the tabular array salt takes over the flavour of the buttercream pretty easily, thence larn easy. I used close 1/16th of a teaspoon, in addition to felt that came out close right.

Sprinkle the frosted cupcakes with a footling lime zest to brand them extra pretty, if you'd similar - in addition to and thence dig in. No blender required.

Margarita Hint-of-Lime Cupcakes & Margarita Buttercream
Source: Cupcakes adapted from The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook's Vanilla Cupcakes; Frosting inspired yesteryear top-shelf margaritas; method adapted from The Best Recipe by the editors of Cook's Illustrated magazine, Vanilla Buttercream
(Printable recipe)
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
1 c. all-purpose flour
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 scant 3/4 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
Pinch of salt
iii T. butter, at room temperature
1/2 c. whole milk or 2% milk
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Zest of two limes

Margarita Buttercream Frosting:

1/2 lb. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
two c. confectioners' sugar
iii T. fresh lime juice
1 T. Triple Sec
1 T. Cuervo Gold tequila
two T. lime zest
1/16 tsp. salt

Directions

Prepare the Cupcakes:
1. Put the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, in addition to butter inward mixing bowl. Beat on dull speed until everything is combined in addition to you lot conduct keep a crumb mixture amongst a sandy consistency. Gradually pour inward one-half of the milk; musical rhythm out until the milk is exactly incorporated.

2. Whisk together the remaining milk (1/4 cup), egg, in addition to vanilla. Pour into the flour mixture in addition to musical rhythm out until all ingredients are exactly incorporated. Beat for close exactly about other xxx seconds to 1 infinitesimal until the batter is smooth. Do non over mix. Gently crease inward lime zest.

3. Spoon batter into muffin pan cups lined amongst newspaper cupcake liners, filling cups 1/2 full. Bake at 325 degrees for xx - 25 minutes, or until lite golden in addition to the cake springs dorsum when lightly touched. Cool slightly inward the pan earlier removing cupcakes to a wire rack. Cool completely earlier frosting.

NOTE: This recipe makes 12 cupcakes. Fill your cups alone 1/2 full, every bit this batter rises quite a bit. When I divided the batter betwixt alone 10 muffin cups, I had several that rose over the sides of the cups means likewise much. If you're similar me, you'll experience similar there's non plenty batter to stretch to 12 cupcakes, but in that place actually is.

Prepare the Frosting:
4. Beat butter inward bowl of an electrical mixer on medium speed until fluffy, close 1 minute. Reduce mixer speed to low. Add confectioners' sugar, 1 loving cup at a time, beating for a few seconds betwixt each addition.

5. Increase mixer speed to medium in addition to musical rhythm out for close iii minutes.

6. Add remaining ingredients (starting amongst 1/16 tsp. salt); musical rhythm out on depression speed to combine. Scrape downwards sides in addition to bottom of the bowl. Increase mixer speed to medium in addition to musical rhythm out until fluffy, close iv minutes. Frosts 12 cupcakes.

Enjoy!