Margarita Cupcakes with Tequila Lime Cream Cheese Frosting
Margarita Cupcakes with Tequila Lime Cream Cheese Frosting

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, margarita cupcakes with tequila lime cream cheese frosting. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have margarita cupcakes with tequila lime cream cheese frosting using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Margarita Cupcakes with Tequila Lime Cream Cheese Frosting:
  1. Prepare Cupcakes
  2. Make ready 1/4 cup (57 g) unsalted butter, melted
  3. Get 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar
  4. Take 1 large egg, room temperature
  5. Prepare 1/2 tbsp lime zest
  6. Get 1 tsp lime juice
  7. Make ready 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
  8. Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp tequila
  9. Prepare 3/4 cup (94 g) cake flour, or all-purpose flour
  10. Make ready 3/4 tsp baking powder
  11. Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
  12. Prepare 1/3 cup (89 ml) whole milk
  13. Take Cream Cheese Frosting
  14. Prepare 2 oz (57 g) cream cheese, room temperature
  15. Take 1/2 cup (114 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
  16. Take 1 3/4 cup (210 g) powdered sugar
  17. Get 1 tbsp tequila
  18. Make ready 3/4 tbsp lime juice
  19. Make ready 1/8 tsp salt
Instructions to make Margarita Cupcakes with Tequila Lime Cream Cheese Frosting:
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C) and line a 6 cup pan with cupcake liners.
  2. Whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together in a small bowl.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk the melted butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, lime zest, lime juice, and 1tbsp of tequila together until combined.
  4. Stir in about half of the flour mixture. Then stir in the milk and the rest of the flour mixture and mix until fully combined. The batter will be thin.
  5. Pour about ¼ cup of batter into each cupcake liner (they should be about 3/4 full)
  6. Bake for 16 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from cupcake pan. Pour 1/2 tbsp of tequila into a small bowl and using a pastry brush, lightly brush the tops of the warm cupcakes. Let cupcakes cool completely before frosting.
  7. In a mixing bowl, cream together the softened butter and cream cheese until completely smooth. Then add in the powdered sugar and beat on slow until combined. Slowly add in the lime juice, tequila, and salt until fully combined. Continuously beating for 3 minutes on high speed until light and fluffy.
  8. Frost cooled cupcakes. Garnish with lime slices and lime zest.

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