key lime cupcakes

me and shawn had an amazing weekend. a surprise party on saturday and a visit from shawn’s friend from high school. i had to do a lot of cooking this last weekend. i made lemon bars; lime bars; deviled egg potato salad, my aunt’s recipe; a quick mirepoix, tomato and garlic pasta; and lime cupcakes with a pineapple buttercream frosting which i did so last second, i wasn’t able to take a picture of it, which sucks because shawn and doris liked it so much i’ll try to make it again next time. with all those recipes stored in my computer, i have to catch up on my blogging and post them. but right now let’s talk about these cupcakes.
as i have said, i did a lot of cooking, so we had to do a lot of shopping too. me and shawn went to grocery outlet and i saw that limes were 15 for a dollar and i was so excited, but when we got home and did the lime bars for arlene’s surprise party, i still had a lot left. and since we had another visitor the next day i decided to use some of them and make cupcakes, and this was the result. shawn and doris liked it a lot. i thank bon appetit for this!

key lime cupcakes
bon appetit magazine september 2009
what you need:
1 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel
1/4 teaspoon neon-green food coloring
3/4 cup buttermilk
what to do:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line standard muffin pan with 12 paper liners. Whisk both flours in medium bowl. Beat butter in large bowl until smooth. Add sugar; beat to blend. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then next 3 ingredients (batter may look curdled). Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions. Spoon scant 1/3 cup batter into each liner.
Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool.

i think you should really try this! it was good! really good.