Delicious recipe for lime and chocolate chips cupcakes with a yummy green vanilla frosting. Enjoy St. Patrick’s Day with a burst of flavor!
Course Dessert
Cuisine Traditional
Keyword cupcake recipe, lime recipe, St. Patrick's Day Craft
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 30 minutesmins
Total Time 45 minutesmins
Servings 12
Author Camila Rojas
Equipment
Stand Mixer with Paddle attachment
Ingredients
Cupcakes
1/4cup{60 ml} of whole milk
185gr{6 Oz} of unsalted butter at room temperature
3eggs
1/4cup{60 ml} of lime juice
1/4cup{60 ml} of orange juice
3tspof finely grated lime rind
1 1/3cups{300 gr} of caster sugar
1 1/2cups{225 gr} of self-raising flour
1/3cupof cornstarch
1tspbicarbonate soda
1cupof white chocolate chips
1tspVanilla extract
Frosting
125gr{4 Oz} unsalted butter at room temperature
1 1/2cups{240 gr} of icing sugar
2tbspof whole milk
1tspVanilla extract
Instructions
Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 180ºC/350ºF and line 12-hole muffin pan with cupcakes liners.
In a small bowl mix flour, cornstarch, and baking soda.
In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream the butter on medium speed until it's very soft and creamy then add little by little the sugar and mix for about 5 minutes or until is fluffy.
Beat in eggs one at a time until combined.
Stir in flour mixture, vanilla, juices, zest, and milk little by little until well combined.
Turn off the mixer and manually mix in the white chocolate chips.
Drop 1/3 cup of mixture into liners.
Bake for about 35 minutes.
Let them sit for about 5 min before transferring them to a cooling rack.
Making the Frosting
Beat butter in a small bowl with a stand mixer until creamy and as white as possible.
Pour the Vanilla while beating.
Beat in the icing sugar and milk in two batches.
Optionally, if you want to make it fun green, add in a few drops of green coloring food and beat until you get the desired shade.
Fill an icing bag with the frosting and set in the fridge for about 5 minutes. Don’t leave it for more than 10 minutes or the frosting won’t work well.
When the cupcakes are cool, decorate with your icing bag and your favorite tip.