Margarita Cupcakes!

So I know I am a day early on my blog post but I just had to share!! Happy Friday! These lovelies will get your weekend started! Tequila-lime cupcakes, brushed with tequila, and topped with a tequila-lime frosting sprinkled with GREEN sea salt!.... Well I dyed the sea salt... I don't think naturally green sea salt actually exists.... does it? ENJOY!

MARGARITA CUPCAKES!!

 

Ingredients:

1 and 1/2 cup          All-purpose flour, sifted
1 and 1/2 tsp.          Baking powder
1/4 tsp.                    Sea salt (fine)
1/2 cup                    Unsalted butter, room temp
1 cup                       Sugar
2                              Eggs, room temp
1 and 1/2                 Limes juiced and zested (you will use both in the cupcake)
2 tbls.                      Tequila (I used Cazadores)
1/4 tsp.                    Pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup                    Buttermilk


Pre-heat oven to 375. Sift together AP flour, baking powder, and sea salt. In a mixer with fitted paddle, beat together sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Scrape down sides of bowl and add eggs one at a time (make sure they are fully incorporated). Add lime juice, zest, tequila, and vanilla until incorporated. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately in 3 batches. Pour evenly into cupcake tins and bake until done (a toothpick comes out clean). Brush cupcakes with tequila while they are still warm. Let cool completely.

Tequila-lime frosting:

1 cup                   Unsalted butter, room temp
3 cups                  Powdered sugar
1 tbls.                  Lime juice
2 tbls.                  Tequila
                            Sea salt (colored... or not)


Beat together butter and 1 cup powdered sugar until creamy. Slowly add remaining powdered sugar. Beat in lime juice and tequila until fully incorporated.