What You Need:
1/2 cup unsalted sweet cream butter softened
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk
1 3/4 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
1 tsp lime zest
1 tsp lime extract
maraschino cherries and juice to dip cupcakes in
How To Create:
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
-Set up your cupcake pan with liners
-Using a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.
-In a separate large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer or Kitchenaid on medium to high for 30 seconds.
-Now add sugar, vanilla, lime zest and extract to the butter and beat until combined.
-Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
-Alternate, the flour mixture and milk to butter mixture, beating on low speed until everything is well mixed together
-Fill the cupcake pan liners 2/3 with cake batter
-Bake for 18-20 minutes.
-Remove cupcakes from pan and allow to cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes before dipping into the cherry juice.
Lime Frosting:
1 c unsalted sweet cream butter
3 c powder sugar
1 tsp lime extract
3 tbs heavy whipping cream
Directions:
-In large mixing bowl, beat butter and lime extract on high speed until fluffy
Add 3 cups of sugar, one at a time.
-add in heavy cream if frosting is looking like sugar pebbles.
Scrape the sides to get all of the sugar.
-Mix until your frosting is stiff and wont fall off the whisk.
-Pipe the cupcake using a star tip and top with green sprinkles and a
Marlayna says
UM. These look and sound amazing!! YUM
vrmm26 says
These look great! My daughter’s birthday is coming up and I may just have to make these! Do they taste like the drink? Visiting from Welcome Home Wednesday party.
Susannah says
These look SO good!!! Thanks for the recipe!
kristine | the beaute blend says
I saw these cupcake on Instagram earlier today and thought they looked so yummy! I love the idea of lime frosting…I am definitely going to give these a try! I am sure they will be amazing. 🙂
Carol says
Top with green sprinkles and a ……?
Erin - Suburban Simplicity says
Mmmm, these look good! Reminds me of my childhood when a Shirley Temple drink was such a treat! Thanks for linking up at Welcome Home Wednesdays! See you tomorrow!