Hello, hello :-)Another thing I got in masses from the market is limes. So apart from adding limes to my water and adding lime juice to my fruit salad, I have been looking a long time for a good recipe for lime cupcakes. And this is what I found somewhere in the internet. As usual, I have made some changes.
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1 heaped tsp baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 60 g unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 1 egg
- zest and juice of two limes (or more to taste)
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- for the frosting: 60 g unsalted butter, 1 cup powder sugar, juice of 1-2 limes
And how to make them:
- pre-heat the oven to 175 °C
- sift flour into a bowl and add baking powder and salt
- in another bowl whisk the butter until fluffy and slowly add the sugar
- when finished add the lime zest and small portions of the lime juice. At this stage, the mixture might look curdled, but don't worry, it will come back together
- next, add 1/3 of the flour mix, followed by half of the buttermilk, another 1/3 of the flour mix, buttermilk and last portion of the flour mix
- don't overwork the batter, rather mix with a rubber spatula after the last bit of flour is just incorporated
- divide the batter between 12 large or 24 micro muffin cups, place in muffin tray and bake for 25-30 mins (micro ones for 15-20 mins)
- while the cakes are baking, prepare the frosting
- whisk the butter until it becomes lighter in texture and colour
- add powder sugar in small portions until the buttercream looks just a bit dry (but not crumbly)
- next add lime juice little by little until you reach a smooth texture and the aciditiy you are looking for
- place in a piping bag and set aside until the cakes are ready and cooled
- once they are completely cool, pipe the frosting and add decoration (if wanted, candied lime peel works well)
