Margarita Cupcakes

 

Margarita Cupcakes

Cook's Notes: For all those Margarita fans, you'll love these moist and fluffy cupcakes infused with a bit of tequila and lime. Lime zest and lime slices add brightness to the sour cream frosting, making it the ultimate Margarita dessert. It may be hard to stop at just one, as I had to have two!!  

Recipe makes 10 regular-sized cupcakes.  

Cupcake Ingredients:

• 1-1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 3/4 cup sugar 
•  1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup Greek-style plain yogurt
• zest and juice of two limes
• 2 tablespoons tequila 

Frosting Ingredients:

• 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 4 tablespoons softened butter
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1-2 tablespoons tequila
• Milk as needed
• 3 cups powdered sugar 
• 1 large lime for decorating, zesting, and slices

Cupcake Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with 10 paper liners and set aside. 
• Whisk together cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, set aside. 
• In another bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar until combined. Add in melted butter, yogurt, lime juice, zest, and tequila. Whisk until combined. Fold in dry ingredients. 
• Divide batter among the paper liners and bake for 16-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes and transfer to a wire rack. Place a sheet of wax paper under the cooling rack for any frosting drips.  

Frosting Directions:

• Beat cream cheese, butter, lime juice, tequila, and powdered sugar. Use milk as needed to obtain the correct frosting consistency.
• Zest each frosted cupcake with lime and then slice the lime for decoration. Pat lime dry before setting a small segment into a frosted cupcake. Refrigerate cupcakes for 45 minutes for frosting to set.