Sweet Treats: Chili Lime Cupcakes

Aug 11, 2011 Filed under: recipes

I made these last night and I am completely in love with them. Like with mojito cupcakes, you start by making white cake cupcakes with a recipe like this one. Or if you’d rather not make the cake from scratch, Duncan Hines Classic White Cake mix is quite good especially if you replace half the water with milk to make it richer.

Lime Icing

1/2 cup butter (1 stick)

1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice

zest of one lime

1/8 tsp salt

a few drops of green food coloring

cayenne pepper or chili powder, depending on the taste you want

2 cups powdered sugar

Mix all ingredients except powdered sugar until creamy. Then slowly add powdered sugar using a little more or less to make the consistency of icing you prefer.

Ice the cupcakes and sprinkle cayenne pepper or chili powder on top.