Key Lime Cupcakes with Key Lime Curd

Name: Key Lime Cupcakes with Key Lime Curd
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking powder; 227 grams cream cheese; 3 eggs; 6 eggs; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 177 milliliters granulated sugar; 473 milliliters granulated sugar; 59 milliliters key lime juice; 2 Tbsps key lime juice; 1 Tbsp key lime zest; 2 Tbsps key lime zest; 118 milliliters milk; 473 milliliters pop rock candy; 1 liters powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 227 grams sticks unsalted butter; 4 Tbsps cold unsalted butter

Key Lime Cupcakes with Key Lime Curd might be just the American recipe you are searching for. This recipe serves 24. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 459 calories, 5g of protein, and 22g of fat per serving. A mixture of pop rock candy, powdered sugar, eggs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes.

Instructions

For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. Line cupcake or muffin pans with 24 cupcake liners.

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Cupcakes

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Muffin Liners

Oven

Sift the flour, baking powder and salt and set aside in a bowl.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

In the bowl of electric stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and granulated sugar together for about 2 minutes. Then scrape down the bowl and add the eggs one at a time. After adding all the eggs, scrape down bowl and add the milk and dry ingredients.

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Granulated Sugar

Butter

Cream

Egg

Milk

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Stand Mixer

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Mix on low until well incorporated. Scrape down the bowl again and hike up from low speed to medium speed for about 20 seconds, and then scrape down the bowl for the last time.

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Bowl

Fill the cupcake liners three-quarters full with batter.

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Cupcakes

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Muffin Liners

Bake for 20 to 22 minutes, rotating the cupcakes after 12 minutes, and bake until the cupcakes are baked through. Cool the cupcakes completely.

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Cupcakes

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Oven

For the frosting: Sift the powdered sugar and set aside in a bowl.

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Powdered Sugar

Frosting

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Bowl

In the bowl of electric stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and cream cheese on low speed. Scrape down the bowl and add the sifted powdered sugar 1 cup at a time. Slowly add the key lime juice and zest until well incorporated. Scrape down the bowl and mix on low speed. Then hike up to medium to high speed for about 2 minutes until creamy and fluffy.

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Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese

Lime Juice

Butter

Cream

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Whisk the eggs, sugar and key lime juice in a steel bowl and set aside while you prepare a double boiler.

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Lime Juice

Sugar

Egg

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Double Boiler

Whisk

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Put a small pot half full with water on the stove over medium to high heat.

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Water

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Stove

Pot

Place the steel bowl with the whisked eggs on top of the pot and mix with a spatula until your mixture has become creamy like sour cream, 6 to 8 minutes.

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Sour Cream

Egg

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Pot

Remove the mixture and strain, getting rid of excess egg particles. Grab a second steel bowl and dump your egg mixture inside, adding your zest and cold butter.

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Butter

Egg

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Bowl

Mix until well incorporated and place in the fridge until it slightly thickens, 10 to 15 minutes (or until desired consistency is achieved).

Hollow out the middle of the cooled cupcakes with an apple corer or melon ball scooper and set aside. Fill the cupcakes with the curd.

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Cupcakes

Apple