Margarita Cupcakes with Fluffy Lime Cream Cheese Frosting
Margarita Cupcakes with Fluffy Lime Cream Cheese Frosting
It's 5 o'clock somewhere… Right!? Sit back and relax… it's time to have a margarita… Well… cupcake that is!
Ingredients
- Cupcakes:
- 1 Boxed Lemon Cake Mix
- 1/2 Cup Water or margarita cocktail mix
- 1/2 Cup Vegetable oil
- 1/2 Cup Gold tequila or water
- 1 tsp Lime zest
- 3 Eggs
- Decorations:
- 1/4 Cup White decorator sugar crystals
- 24 Lime slices Sliced thin or 1/2" thick like slice cut into 4 chunks
- 24 Cocktail umbrellas Optional
- Frosting:
- 1 8oz Package Cream Cheese
- 1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter
- 1 Tbsp Lime zest
- 1 Tbsp Lime Juice
- 5 Cups Confectionar's Sugar
Instructions
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Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
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In large bowl, beat all cupcake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
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Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 Minutes; remove cupcakes from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely.
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In medium bowl, mix frosting and food color until blended.
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To make frosting, beat the cream cheese and butter together until light and fluffy, and stir in the lime zest and 1 tablespoon of lime juice.
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Beat in the confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, scraping the sides of the bowl thoroughly with a spatula after each addition.
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Frost each cupcake using a piping bag or spread with spatula. Sprinkle with course sugar and twisted like slice. (Optional) Poke 1 umbrella into each cupcake. (Optional) Poke 1 umbrella into each cupcake.
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Enjoy a bite! Store loosely covered in refrigerator.
Recipe Notes
You can play around with this cupcake many ways! Try a strawberry cake mix for strawberry margarita cupcakes, and or a pineapple cake mix topped with toasted coconut for a tropical twist making a pineapple marg-olada cupcake! (Recipe will be posted soon! so keep your eyes peeled!)
