The Summer sun has me thinking of crazy baking concoctions...
Cream cheese frosting would be the traditional complement to Key Lime cupcakes, but who wants traditional ALL the time? A stabilized whipped frosting will be lighter in taste and calories, which keeps in theme with the event at hand... the lovely Kelly Hirschbeck's Bachelorette Party!
Cupcakes (adapted from Bon Appetit 2008)
*1 and 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
*1 tsp baking powder
*1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temp
*1+1/2 cups sugar
*2 eggs, room temp
*3 TBS key lime juice
*1 TBS Lime zest
*3/4 cup buttermilk ( or 3/4 cup milk + 1tsp lemon juice, set for 10 minutes)
Preheat oven to 350F, whisk dry ingredients together, cream butter then add sugar and beat in eggs 1 at a time. Beat in lime+zest (batter may look curdled but don't worry), add buttermilk and dry mix alternately in 3 additions each then spoon a SCANT 1/3 cup into lined cupcake wells.
Bake 18-25 minutes. My oven cooks things fast. Overdone cupcakes= heavy and BLA
*1/4 cup whipped vodka
*2 tsp unflavored gelatin
*1 cup heavy whipping cream
*1 tsp lime juice
*1/4 cup powdered sugar
Chill mixing bowl and beater for 15 minutes (while cupcakes are baking/cooling)
In small saucepan on LOW, warm lime juice and half the vodka and sprinkled with gelatin until gelatin is disolved (apx 5 minutes). If vapor starts to come off the mix remove it from the heat because that is your alcohol being vaporized!
Once gelatin is completely dissolved, add the other half of the vodka, whisking constantly.
Whip cream and sugar until beater marks begin to appear in the cream. Steadily pour the vodka Jello into the cream, beating consistently and continue to beat until soft peaks start to form.
Icing pipes well if used immediately. Enjoy!
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