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Key Lime Cupcakes with Lime Cream Cheese Frosting

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Ingredients

  • CUPCAKES:
  • 1 cup flour
  • 3/4 cup self-rising flour
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 1/2 TBS fresh lime juice
  • 1 TBS finely grated lime peel
  • 1/4 tsp neon-green food coloring
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • FROSTING:
  • 1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 TBS finely grated lime peel
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from bettycrocker.com

Preparation

Step 1

CUPCAKES:

Preheat oven to 350F. Line standard muffin pan with 12 paper liners. Whisk both flours in medium bowl. Beat butter 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 1/2 cup batter into each liner. Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool.

FROSTING:

Beat all ingredients in medium bowl until smooth. Spread over cupcakes.

Makes 12 cupcakes. Each cupcake = 9 Weight Watchers points.

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