These scrumptious margarita cupcakes are smooth and moist with a beautiful melt-in-your-mouth texture.
That is the right occasion cupcake for grownup birthdays and celebrations! These selfmade cupcakes (that are based mostly partly on our Lemon Cupcake Recipe), have a light-weight lime taste and are frosted with a easy tequila cream cheese frosting.
(For extra enjoyable cocktail impressed desserts or “boozy desserts”, do not miss our assortment of Boozy Cake Recipes!)
Desk of Contents
Why We Love Them
There’s a lot to like about these margarita cupcakes! Listed here are just some causes to bake up a batch as quickly as attainable!
- Tender crumb.
- Extremely moist with scrumptious lime taste.
- An amazing occasion dessert!
- Simple recipe with easy components!
Components for Margarita Cupcakes
Listed here are the components for our moist lime cupcakes and tequila cream cheese frosting.
Ingredient Notes
Tequila: Any model of tequila is ok! You’ll not want a lot, as we solely used 2 Tablespoons within the frosting. (You possibly can regulate to your liking. Additionally, if you would like to make use of much more, you should use our Tequila Lime Buttercream recipe which permits for extra liquid within the recipe.)
Cream Cheese: We used cream cheese within the frosting. We suggest full fats, not just for richness but in addition as a result of low fats cream cheese is just too smooth.
Buttermilk: We suggest full fats buttermilk. The good thing about buttermilk within the cake batter is that its acidity softens the strands of gluten, making for completely moist, smooth cupcakes!
Lime Jello: We love the flavour that the lime jello powder lends to this cake! The flavour would not bake out. You’ll solely want 3 tablespoons.
Unsalted Butter: We want to make use of unsalted butter for the reason that recipe requires salt. This enables us extra management over the quantity of salt within the recipe.
How one can Make Margarita Cupcakes
- First, preheat the oven to 350 levels, add paper cupcake liners to cupcake pan(s)
- In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt for 30 seconds. Put aside
- In one other bowl, add the buttermilk, vegetable oil and lime juice & zest. Put aside.
- Within the bowl of your mixer, add the butter and blend at medium velocity till easy. (If utilizing a stand mixer, use the paddle attachment).
- Progressively add the sugar and Lime Jello powder and proceed to combine on medium velocity for 3 to five minutes till fluffy. It should change into a fairly shade of inexperienced due to the Jello.
- Add the room temperature eggs one after the other, mixing after every till the yellow of the yolk has blended.
- Subsequent, with the mixer on low velocity, alternately add the flour combination and buttermilk combination, starting and ending with the dry components (3 additions of dry components and a pair of of moist).
- Combine simply till integrated. Watch out to not over-mix.
- Scoop about ¼ cup cake batter into every cupcake liner (within the cupcake pans).
- Bake at 350 levels for 15-18 minutes or till a toothpick inserted within the heart comes out clear or with simply few crumbs hooked up.
- We prefer to take away cupcakes instantly from the pans to stop over-baking. Baking occasions can differ relying on pan & oven- examine at quarter-hour to be on the secure facet, however it might take a couple of minutes extra.
- This recipe makes about 7 ½ cups of cake batter. At roughly ¼ cup of batter per cupcake, you may have about 30-32 cupcakes.
Tequila Cream Cheese Frosting
The frosting is what turns these fabulous lime cupcakes into margarita cupcakes!
We based mostly our recipe on our favourite Cream Cheese Buttercream recipe. It is a easy recipe with softened butter, cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar, and a pinch of salt.
We added a little bit of tequila and lime zest to the recipe. Utilizing two tablespoons within the recipe, the tequila will not be sturdy. (Alter to your liking- however understand that further tequila will soften the consistency of your frosting.)
Softer Consistency
*Since cream cheese frostings are on the softer facet, we want to brighten with it when it’s barely chilled. So, freshly made cream cheese frosting wants about ten minutes within the fridge earlier than adorning with it for finest outcomes.
Tequila Lime Buttercream
Tequila Lime Buttercream is one other nice possibility on your cupcakes! That is the frosting that we used for our Margarita Cake from Cake Combine, and it at all times will get nice opinions. It’s barely sweeter than cream cheese frosting, and in addition much less perishable.
Adorning the Margarita Cupcakes
We stored issues quite simple with our adorning! After the cupcakes cooled utterly, we frosted them with the tequila cream cheese frosting.
Utilizing a disposable piping bag fitted with an 8B piping tip, we frosted every cupcake and topped with a small slice of lime.
You may also use a microplane (or very small grater) to sprinkle lime zest over the tops of the frosted cupcakes.
FAQs
For the Tequila Cream Cheese Frosting
For the Cupcakes
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Preheat the oven to 350 levels, add paper cupcake liners to cupcake pan(s)
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In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt for 30 seconds. Put aside
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In one other bowl, add the buttermilk, oil and lime juice & zest. Put aside.
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Within the bowl of your mixer, add the butter and blend at medium velocity till easy. Progressively add the sugar and Lime Jello powder and proceed to combine on medium velocity for 3 to five minutes till lightened in shade and fluffy.
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Add the eggs one after the other, mixing after every till the yellow of the yolk has blended.
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With the mixer on low velocity, alternately add the flour combination and buttermilk combination, starting and ending with the dry components (3 additions of dry components and a pair of of liquid).
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Combine simply till integrated. Watch out to not over-mix.
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Scoop about ¼ cup bake batter into every cupcake liner (within the cupcake pans)
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Bake at 350 levels for 15-18 minutes or till a toothpick inserted within the heart comes out clear or with simply few crumbs hooked up. We prefer to take away cupcakes instantly from the pans to stop over-baking. Baking occasions can differ relying on pan & oven- examine at quarter-hour to be on the secure facet, however it might take a couple of minutes extra.
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Makes 30-32 cupcakes (roughly ¼ cup of batter per cupcake)
For the Frosting
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Add the softened butter to the bowl of your mixer, combine till easy.
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Minimize the softened cream cheese into items and add to the butter, mixing till blended.
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Add the tequila and lime zest.
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Progressively add powdered sugar and blend till effectively blended.
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This frosting will pipe finest if used whereas nonetheless chilled. You may make it upfront, refrigerate and when prepared to make use of let it soften barely and remix. Don’t microwave to melt. If the frosting turns into too smooth whereas utilizing simply refrigerate the piping bag or bowl for a short time to agency it up.
Substitution for Cake Flour: Utilizing all objective flour (plain in UK) to make Cake Flour: For every cup of flour in a recipe, take away 2 Tablespoons of flour and substitute with 2 Tablespoons cornstarch (cornflour within the UK). This recipe has 3 cups of flour so you’ll measure out 3 cups of all objective flour, take away 6 Tablespoons and substitute with 6 Tablespoons cornstarch, whisk to mix
Refrigeration & Serving: Due to the cream cheese frosting, these cupcakes want refrigeration. Take away two hours earlier than serving to permit for the frosting and cupcakes to heat and soften.
Recipe makes roughly 7 ½ cups batter.
