Margarita Cupcakes
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Yields:
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24 cupcakes
- Serves:
- 24
ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, room temp
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs, room temp
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons tequila
- 3 limes, juice and zest
- 1 cup buttermilk
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Swiss Meringue Buttercream
- 8 egg whites
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 pinch coarse salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups butter, unsalted room temp
- 2 -3 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 -3 tablespoons tequila
- 1 lime, zest of (optional)
- green sugar (optional)
directions
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for the cupcakes:
- sift flour, baking powder and salt.
- cream butter and sugar about 3 minutes until fluffy.
- add eggs 1 at a time, mixing between each one.
- add vanilla, lime juice, tequila and zest, mix to combine.
- add flour and buttermilk alternately, beginning and ending with the flour.
- fill cupcake cups and bake at 325 for 22-25 minutes.
- cool 10 minutes in pans then completely on racks.
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for the buttercream:
- combine egg whites, sugar and salt in stand mixer bowl (metal) over a pot of simmering water- water shouldn't touch the bowl.
- whisk until sugar dissolves- use your fingers to test, it won't be too hot to touch and you shouldn't feel any sugar grains. if you take the temp it should be about 160.
- place the bowl back in the mixer with the whisk attachment and beat medhigh/high until stiff and glossy and cool (about 8-10 minutes, dont worry this is one time you can't over beat).
- when the bowl and whites are cooled add butter- room temp but cool, not too soft- 2 tbs at a time until it's all added.
- it might look liquidy but just keep beating. it might then look curdled, keep on beating., if it's really not thickening put it in the fridge for 15-30 minutes, take it out and whip it again, still on med-high. it should be smooth and satiny.
- add the tequila and lime with the mixer going
- when cupcakes are completely cool pipe frosting generously
- * to amp up the margarita flavor brush cooled cupcakes with tequila before frosting and rub lime zest into the green (or white) sugar until fragrant. sprinkle over frosted cupcakes- ad a little salt if you like it too!
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Reviews
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I gave it 4 stars and not five because I thought the icing was just ok. It was also kinda of runny. This could have been my fault. Without the icing this was a strong 5 star recipe. It was moist and the taste was certainly margaritaish. I will make again but with a different icing. Thanks for the recipe it was desert for July 4th 2011.
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I live in MI with my family and am always on the lookout for new tasty recipes that even my toddler will like. He loves meat and pasta, most fruit and is getting better about veggies. I cook every meal 7 days a week, with the occasional lunch or dinner out (very occasional!) but I love cooking so it's not a bad thing to me.
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<br>I am a big sweets eater and recently got an ice cream maker so I have been whipping up lots of ice cream. My favorite so far has been Ben and Jerry's heath bar crunch, it's so creamy and only lasts 2 days in this house! Other baked goods and homemade bread are favorites too, though not much bread gets baked in the summer.
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<br>I hate doing dishes! We are currently house hunting and a dishwasher is a must (we don't have one right now). Luckily my dh is pretty good about helping out with the dishes :)
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<br>I know it seems like I give lots of good reviews, but there is a good reason: I know what we like, so I pick dishes I think we will like, and often we do. If i give a review of a recipe with no stars it's because I think I did something wrong usually so that's why it didn't come out right. Or if something has excellent ratings and I don't like it, I don't want to ruin that, because obviously I didn't like something, but that's not a refection of the actual recipe!
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<br>I dislike when people don't make the recipe correctly and give it a bad review. Ok, if you change one or two small things, fine, but if you make major changes, not ok. And when people give a bad review because it was good, but not what they are looking for? Sorry, but I don't get that. YOU picked it, if it tastes good but wasn't what you were looking for, not the recipe's fault :)