Key Lime Cupcakes
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Key Lime Cupcakes
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Tart and sweet, these Key Lime Cupcakes are lightly lime flavored cupcakes filled with key lime pie filling and topped with a sweet key lime buttercream. Don’t forget the graham cracker crumble on top!
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Ingredients
Cupcakes:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup butter softened
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon key lime zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups buttermilk
Key Lime Filling:
- 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 4 oz key lime juice
Key Lime Buttercream:
- 1 cup butter softened
- 6-8 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup Key Lime Filling
- 1/4 cup key lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Graham Cracker Crumble:
- 2 graham cracker rectangles crumbled
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
Instructions
To make the cupcakes:
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line 36 muffin tins with cupcake liners.
- In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the sugar and the butter together on medium speed until combine. Add in the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add the the zest and the vanilla and beat to combine.
- With the mixer on low speed, add 1/3 of the flour mixture. When it’s almost mixed in, add half of the buttermilk, followed by an additional 1/3 of the flour, and then the final buttermilk. Then mix in the remaining flour. Continue to beat just until it is blended.
- Divide the batter evenly between the prepared muffin tins, filling each about 2/3 full.
- Bake until a tester inserted in the middle of the cupcakes comes back with just a few crumbs, about 15 to 18 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack to cool completely.
To make the filling:
- In a bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth.
- Add the sweetened condensed milk and lime juice and beat to combine.
- Reserve 1/2 cup of the filling for the buttercream, and refrigerate the remainder until ready to use.
To make the buttercream:
- Beat the butter in a large bowl until light.
- Add in 3 cups of the powdered sugar, the reserved key lime filling, the lime juice, vanilla and salt and continue to beat until combined.
- Gradually add more powdered sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, until the buttercream is smooth and thick.
To make the graham cracker crumble:
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
- Line a baking sheet with foil.
- In a small bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbles, the melted butter and the brown sugar.
- Spread out on the baking sheet into a thin layer.
- Bake for 4 to 6 minutes, just until golden, then remove from the oven.
- Allow it to cool completely, then crumble into small pieces.
To assemble the cupcakes:
- When the cupcakes are cool, use a sharp knife to cut a cone out of the center of each cupcake, reserving the cut piece. (I will usually cut off the cone end and discard that, leaving just the circle to cover the filling once filled.) Fill the cupcake with some of the key lime filling, then replace the cut out piece back onto the cupcake.
- Pipe the buttercream onto the cupcakes, then garnish with the graham cracker crumbles.
Notes
- Filling, buttercream and crumble from bhg.com
- Filling, buttercream and crumble from bhg.com
- bhg.com
- Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts. Any nutritional information should only be used as a general guideline.
- Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts. Any nutritional information should only be used as a general guideline.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
1cupcake
Calories
316kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
45g
(15%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
14g
(22%)
Saturated Fat
8g
(40%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
5g
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
57mg
(19%)
Sodium
159mg
(7%)
Fiber
0g
(0%)
Sugar
36g
(72%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 36cupcakes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 316 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cupcake | |
| Calories | 316kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 45g | 15% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 14g | 22% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 5g | 29% |
| Trans Fat | 0g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 57mg | 19% |
| Sodium | 159mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 0g | 0% |
| Sugar | 36g | 72% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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