3/14/2011
Tequila and Lime Cupcake
Cupcakes:
3/4 cups sugar
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 t baking powder
1 t salt
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1 T vanilla extract
2 vanilla beans, scraped
4 lime zest
juice of 4 limes
1/2 cup tequila
Frosting:
1/2 cup shortening
1/4 cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1 T lime juice
2 T milk
a few drops of green food color(optional)
>how to make<
(for cupcakes)
*Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
*In a medium bowl, mix together the sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt.
*Combine the dry ingredients and the butter in the bowl of a standing mixer and mix on low speed until the butter is completely mixed in and there is a mealy consistency.
*Add 1/4 cup of the milk and mix slowly to make a paste.
*In a separate medium bowl, combine the eggs with the rest of the milk, the vanilla extract, and the vanilla bean scrapings, and slowly pour the mixture into the batter in the standing mixer.
*Scrape down the sides of the howl and mix on high for about 10 seconds.
*Fill the cups in the cupcake pan about 3/4 full and bake for 10 to 15 minutes.
*The cupcake tops will just be slightly golden.
*Mix the lime juice with the tequila.
*When the cupcakes come out of the oven, heavily drench them with the tequila-lime mixture.
(for frosting)
*Combine the shortening and butter in the bowl of a standing mixer and mix on high until all lumps are out and the consistency is light and fluffy.
*While the mixer is on low, slowly add the powdered sugar then the lime juice, and then the milk at the end.
*Scrape down the sides of the bowl and put the mixer on high for about 10 minutes.
*Add a few drops of green food color and mix, if you like.
*Using a piping bag with a star tip, frost the cupcakes with the lime frosting.
-makes 12 cupcakes-
Note: This recipe was adapted from "Who You Callin' Cupcake?"
Cupcakes:
3/4 cups sugar
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 t baking powder
1 t salt
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1 T vanilla extract
2 vanilla beans, scraped
4 lime zest
juice of 4 limes
1/2 cup tequila
Frosting:
1/2 cup shortening
1/4 cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1 T lime juice
2 T milk
a few drops of green food color(optional)
>how to make<
(for cupcakes)
*Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
*In a medium bowl, mix together the sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt.
*Combine the dry ingredients and the butter in the bowl of a standing mixer and mix on low speed until the butter is completely mixed in and there is a mealy consistency.
*Add 1/4 cup of the milk and mix slowly to make a paste.
*In a separate medium bowl, combine the eggs with the rest of the milk, the vanilla extract, and the vanilla bean scrapings, and slowly pour the mixture into the batter in the standing mixer.
*Scrape down the sides of the howl and mix on high for about 10 seconds.
*Fill the cups in the cupcake pan about 3/4 full and bake for 10 to 15 minutes.
*The cupcake tops will just be slightly golden.
*Mix the lime juice with the tequila.
*When the cupcakes come out of the oven, heavily drench them with the tequila-lime mixture.
(for frosting)
*Combine the shortening and butter in the bowl of a standing mixer and mix on high until all lumps are out and the consistency is light and fluffy.
*While the mixer is on low, slowly add the powdered sugar then the lime juice, and then the milk at the end.
*Scrape down the sides of the bowl and put the mixer on high for about 10 minutes.
*Add a few drops of green food color and mix, if you like.
*Using a piping bag with a star tip, frost the cupcakes with the lime frosting.
-makes 12 cupcakes-
Note: This recipe was adapted from "Who You Callin' Cupcake?"
Labels: cupcake recipe, lime frosting recipe, muffin recipe
