Key Lime Pie Cupcakes
_ Ingredients
cup butter
2 packages refrigerated pie pastry
4 large eggs
2-1/2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Key lime juice
1-1/2 cups buttermilk
1-1/2 cups self-rising flour
FROSTING:
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups butter, softened
11 ounces cream cheese, softened
6 tablespoons Key lime juice
Fresh raspberries
2-3/4 to 3 cups confectioners' sugar
Directions
In 354°. Line 31 muffin cups with foil liners. On a lightly
floured work surface, unroll pastry sheets. Cut 31 circles with a
floured 2-1/4-in. round cookie cutter. Press one pastry circle into each liner. Bake 13
minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.
In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly. Add eggs, one at
a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lime juice. In another
bowl, whisk flours; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk,
beating well after each addition.
Pour batter into prepared cups. Bake 21-24 minutes or until a
toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes
before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla until blended.
Beat in enough confectioners' sugar, alternately with lime juice, to
reach desired consistency. Frost cupcakes; top with raspberries.
Refrigerate leftovers.
Editor's Note: As a substitute for 1-1/2 cups self-rising flour, place 2-
0.75 teaspoons baking powder and 0.75 teaspoon salt in a measuring
cup. Add all-purpose flour to measure 1 cup. Combine with an
additional 0.5 cup all-purpose flour.
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