Margarita Cupcakes
Margarita Cupcakes, oh these are so amamzing!
I love margaritas, especially the salt!
I’m sure I’ve mentioned I love salty treats, margaritas are no different. Even if they are fruit margaritas I still prefer them salted. I recently had a melon margarita with a salted rim…..YUM!
I’ve made margarita cupcakes a few times and even blogged about them back in August of 2010, with Cinco de Mayo this weekend I thought I’d look up that post and reminisce about how delicious they are and maybe share them again on facebook for anyone looking for a fun cupcakes for a party or get together this weekend.
To my surprise my post is MIA….GONE, really it’s no where.
Luckily I have a copy of the recipe and dug up the photos to share it all over again.
If you’re seeing these for the first time, GREAT! If you’ve been reading my blog long enough to have seen the post the first time, well….consider youself HUGGED!!!! XXXOOO Thank YOU!!!! maybe you forgot all about these, apparently my blog did!
really they were delicious enough to mention all over again if you ask me so here goes…
Margarita Cupcakes
Ingredients
- Margarita Cupcake Recipe
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 2/3 cups sugar
- 3 eggs room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Zest of two limes
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice I use the two limes I zested you could substitute with ¼ cup margarita mix (the liquid prepared type)
- I’ve made these cupcakes both ways and they were equally delicious
Instructions
- Beat the butter until pale, then add the sugar. Add one egg at a time, blend until all incorporated. Then add in flour baking powder and salt, followed by the lime juice or margarita mix. Then add the zest.
- Fill lined cupcake pan with batter 2/3 full. Bake at 350 for 18 minutes.
- Makes 12 cupcakes. This recipe easily doubles if needed.
- Having your butter at room temperature helps it to beat smooth, and eggs at room temperature prevent the cake from becoming too dry. (You can easily place the eggs in their shell in warm water for 2 minutes or take them out of the refrigerator for 30 minutes)
- **If you want to make Margarita cupcakes from a box cake mix, substitute the water for margarita mix, or lime juice and add lime zest.
**If you want to make Margarita cupcakes from a box cake mix, substitute the water for margarita mix, or lime juice and add lime zest.
Margarita Frosting
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 4-5 cups powdered sugar
- 2 T. Tequila Use margarita mix to substitute the Tequila and lime juice if you prefer or want an alcohol free version
- 1 T. fresh lime juice
Instructions
- Beat butter and shortening until smooth, then add powdered sugar along with tequila and lime juice or margarita mix. I added a drop of green and a drop of yellow food coloring to achieve the light, lime colored green frosting. Once you’ve frosted the cupcakes sprinkle on with coarse salt.
Other Mexican and Cinco de Mayo favorites
Mexican NON-fried Fried Ice Cream
I created a whole board on Pinterest for Cinco de Mayo so if you have a recipe that you think fits into it, leave the link in the comments below or on facebook and I’ll try to include them so everyone will have plenty of fun recipes to choose from for Cinco de Mayo or any Mexican themed party!
Looks and sound absolutely wonderful, and i love margaritas!!
does it matter if i used cake flour ?
I have not used cake flour so therefore have no idea if it would give s different result.
Hi Diane,
Just stumbled upon your recipe for these after I had some strawberry margarita mini-muffins at a wedding recently. I tried your recipe (with store-bought strawberry cake mix) and the cupcakes turned out great! Awesome recipe. Thanks so much for sharing!
you are so welcome I’m glad you liked them!
Those look so nice! They are too cute to eat.
These cupcakes are too cute!!
These look amazing! Love the straws, so cute!
That’s a little strange, wonder what happened to your original post.
Glad you decided to re-post the recipe. The cupcakes look amazing!
These cupcakes are absolutely adorable!!! LOVE them!!! I’m a huge fan of cupcakes and this one REALLY caught my attention!
Feliz Cinco de Mayo
Those cupcakes look so tempting!
You had me at Margarita but I love your site!
I’m coming over with Brian for that margarita and cupcakes too!
oh that would be FUN!!!
Oh Diane! I want a whole plate of these, with an actual margarita on the side, of course. Maybe one day we can do that together. 😉
I sure hope we enjoy margaritas together someday!!!
So glad you kept the recipe and photos! This is the first time seeing them for me and I’m glad to get the recipe. They are so cute with the little slices of lime.
I do believe that I’m in LOVE with these cupcakes!!!
I can see why your blog ate them…yum!! Margaritas are my favorite mixed drink. These are so much fun, Diane!
These cupcakes are absolutely precious! I must make these for Cinco de Mayo. They’ll be such a hit.
Gorgeous!
Love, love, love these, Diane!! They are so cute.
That’s so bizarre! These cupcakes look pretty amazing though. Glad you shared them again!
Diane, these look delicious and lovely too! Thank you so much for sharing!!!!
So odd your original post is MIA. Glad you found the photos though. These look so cute with their lime wedges and straws. I’ll have a double bartender!
I didn’t know blog posts could evaporate like that! Scary. I love your cupcakes and you reminded me that my dad used to put salt on melon. The straws are adorable!