Key Lime Cupcakes
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Cooking:
20 min.
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Servings per container:
24
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Ingredients for - Key Lime Cupcakes

1. White cake mix (such as Pillsbury® Classic White) - 1 (15.25 ounce) package
2. Water - 1 cup
3. Eggs - 3
4. Vegetable oil - ⅓ cup
5. Lime zest - 2 tablespoons
6. Fresh lime juice - 1 tablespoon
7. Green food coloring (Optional) - 3 drops
8. Butter, softened - ½ cup
9. Cream cheese, softened - 1 (8 ounce) package
10. Lime zest - 2 tablespoons
11. Vanilla extract - ½ teaspoon
12. Confectioners' sugar, sifted - 1 ½ cups
13. Pearlized sprinkles, or as needed (Optional) - 2 tablespoons

How to cook deliciously - Key Lime Cupcakes

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners or spray with cooking spray.

2. Stage

Mix cake mix, water, eggs, and vegetable oil together in a bowl using an electric mixer until batter is smooth, about 2 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons lime zest, lime juice, and food coloring; mix well. Pour batter into the prepared muffin cups.

3. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until golden and a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Cool cupcakes on a wire rack.

4. Stage

Beat butter and cream cheese together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add 2 tablespoons lime zest and vanilla extract to creamed butter mixture; mix well. Mix confectioners' sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, into creamed butter mixture until frosting is smooth; chill in refrigerator until frosting is thickened, about 30 minutes.

5. Stage

Spread frosting onto each cupcake and top with sprinkles.