here's the second batch of cupcakes i made for the dr. seuss shower {to see all pics of the fun shower go here}. i made the toppers out of magnets!key lime definitely isn't green eggs or ham, but they were still green, and that's what i wanted :).
here's the yummy recipe...
KEY LIME CUPCAKES
1 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel
1/4 teaspoon neon-green food coloring
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel
1/4 teaspoon neon-green food coloring
3/4 cup buttermilk
FROSTING
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preparation
CUPCAKES
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line standard muffin pan with 12 paper liners. Whisk both flours in medium bowl. Beat butter in large bowl until smooth. Add sugar; beat to blend. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then next 3 ingredients (batter may look curdled). Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions. Spoon scant 1/3 cup batter into each liner.
Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool.
Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool.
FROSTING
Beat all ingredients in medium bowl until smooth. Spread or pipe onto cupcakes.
Beat all ingredients in medium bowl until smooth. Spread or pipe onto cupcakes.
19 comments:
Those look YUMMY! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Oh my gosh! That sounds so yummy!
Those are awesome! Really, really fun. I'll be linking.
Oh my goodness! I just found your site off of my sister (lauries) blog, and I seriously can't wait to try these key lime cupcakes. Key lime is like my all time fave. My mouth is watering just looking! Hope you don't mind the blog stalking!
Hi Kara,
I found your site actually through getting ideas for our 80's party...and started looking at your other themed parties. Naturally I was drawn to the Dr. Seuss party, being a huge fan, and these cup cakes caught my eye because a friend had lime cake at their wedding (and I was looking for a recipe!) Of course I had to try your recipe and they turned out great! So many compliments! I have made them twice and I am currently baking your raspberry lemonade cup cakes (couldn't find raspberry lemonade so I used two packs of raspberry plus some lemon juice.
Anyways, just wanted to send some feedback after actually making your cup cakes and having requests that they be served at our upcoming 80's party :) Thanks!!
thanks so much! so happy you're trying out the recipe's! thanks for the feedback :).
Love these! I will be using these for a St Patrick's Day party!
Did you buy the cupcake toppers? how did you make them??
i made them out of magnets. thanks!
Where did you find the dr. Seuss Green Eggs and Ham magnets?
i found them at target :)
Did it come with just those in the pack? Ive found them where they come with a few others in a sheet.
These are completely precious! Your cupcake blog as well as your party blog are great! I love party planning and cupcakes too, but I'm a lot newer to the blogging world than you are. Thanks for sharing, and check my blog out sometime!
Probably a dumb question, but what did you insert into the cupcakes to hold the magnets? Thanks and amazing creations by the way!
I taped the magnets onto plastic toothpicks :).
how did you make the toppers?
Where did you find those magnets?
These are very yummy. But I must have done something wrong, because my cupcakes ended up kinda dense. But they are DELICIOUS anyways!! And the icing......YUMMY too!!
My husband and his friends always go to this one spot to get key lime cupcakes, but we always want them after business hours so I decided to try your recipe...they LOVED them! I added some key lime juice to the frosting because I didn't have enough lime zest, but it turned out great! Thanks for sharing!
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