Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup butter
- 1 ¼ cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 ½ tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon finely grated lime peel
- ¼ cup cream cheese softened
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 cup crumbled graham cracker
Ingredients For Frosting:
- 1 cup butter softened
- ½ cup cream cheese softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 ½ oz White rum
- ½ tablespoon lime juice
- ½ tablespoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon mint extract
ngredients For Topping:
- Very thin slices of lime
- mint sprigs
- curls of almond bark
Instructions
For Cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350° and place paper baking cups into 24 regular-sized muffin cups.
- Press about a tablespoon or two of graham cracker into each cup…just enough to cover the bottom.
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a large bowl, cream sugar, butter, and eggs.
- Next, add lime juice, then peel.
- On a low speed, blend in cream cheese.
- Next, alternate blending in dry mixture and buttermilk.
- Pour cupcake mix into each paper baking cup on top of the graham cracker up about 2/3 full and bake for 20-25 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool thoroughly before frosting.
For Frosting:
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and cream cheese.
- Slowly add sugar, then once combined, add lime, mint, vanilla and white rum.
- Note: If your frosting is too runny, add a little more sugar.
Topping:
- Top cupcakes with a slice of lime, a sprig of mint, and an almond bark curl.
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