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Mojito Cheesecake Cupcakes

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Boozy Mojito Cheesecake Cupcakes
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Ingredients Method

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

Method
 

For Cupcakes:
  1. Preheat oven to 350° and place paper baking cups into 24 regular-sized muffin cups.
  2. Press about a tablespoon or two of graham cracker into each cup…just enough to cover the bottom.
  3. In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  4. In a large bowl, cream sugar, butter, and eggs.
  5. Next, add lime juice, then peel.
  6. On a low speed, blend in cream cheese.
  7. Next, alternate blending in dry mixture and buttermilk.
  8. 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:
  1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and cream cheese.
  2. Slowly add sugar, then once combined, add lime, mint, vanilla and white rum.
  3. Note: If your frosting is too runny, add a little more sugar.
Topping:
  1. Top cupcakes with a slice of lime, a sprig of mint, and an almond bark curl.
  2.