Key Lime Cupcakes
 
Ingredients
For Cupcakes:
  • 1 cup salted butter, softened
  • 1⅓ cup granulated sugar
  • 6 large eggs
  • 1 Tablespoon key lime zest
  • 2 teaspoons of key lime juice
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup of milk
For Filling:
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • 4 oz or ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
  • ⅓ cup key lime juice
For Frosting:
  • 1 cup salted butter, softened
  • 4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
  • 3 Tablespoons key lime juice
Instructions
For Cupcakes:
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F
  2. Beat softened butter and sugar with an electric mixer
  3. Add the eggs 2 at a time to butter and sugar
  4. Add the zest and juice
  5. In a separate bowl, sift flour and then mix it with salt and baking powder
  6. Alternate adding dry ingredients and milk to the butter, sugar, eggs, and lime mixture (starting and ending with dry ingredients)
  7. Evenly fill lined cupcake tins about ¾ to the top.
  8. Bake at 350°F for 14-17 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  9. Let the cupcakes cool for 5 minutes in the pan and then let them completely cool on a wire rack.
For Filling:
  1. Beat softened cream cheese in an electric mixer
  2. Add sweetened condensed milk and lime juice
  3. Once it is all combined stick it in the fridge for about 2 hours so that it thickens
For Frosting:
  1. Sift the powdered sugar
  2. Put butter, powdered sugar, and key lime juice in an electric mixer bowl and mix until smooth
For Assembly:
  1. Using a cupcake corer, take out the middle of the cupcake
  2. Fill the middle to the top with filling
  3. Cut the top of the chunk of cupcake off and place it over the filling to hide the hole
  4. Frost using a knife or by piping it on
  5. Voilà!
Yield: about 24 cupcakes
Recipe by Birch Tree Baking at https://www.birchtreebaking.com/key-lime-cupcakes/