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mojito cupcakes

★★★★★ 1
a recipe by
Patty Ward
Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Hey ladies! Look what I found for us! Don't they just sound too scrumptious? Think about a girls' night this summer with all your besties, the sun room, a pitcher of Mojitos, some noshes, and for dessert Mojito Cupcakes! Woot! Hubby can take the kids to the park or a movie.... :) And we could all watch the latest adventures of whichever "Housewife's Of" is on the tube. Partay! Okay, now that I have that out of my system.... I WILL be doing the above, but have not yet. Pictures are not mine. Gonna make some soon. What do you girls think?

★★★★★ 1
serves Makes 12 / 350 degrees F
prep time 30 Min
cook time 30 Min

Ingredients For mojito cupcakes

  • preheat oven to 350 degrees f
  • put the dry ingredients in a big bowl.
  • 1/2 c
    sugar
  • 1 1/2 c
    all purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 2 tsp
    baking powder
  • zest and juice of 1/2 lime
  • 1 shot spiced or dark rum-if you only have white rum, use brown sugar above
  • 1/4 c
    melted butter
  • 1
    beaten egg
  • 1 c
    slightly soured milk? add small amt vinegar?
  • icing ingredients:
  • 1 1/2 c
    powdered sugar
  • 3 Tbsp
    butter, softened
  • zest and juice of 1/2 lime
  • 1/4-1/2 shot of rum
  • 12 sprig
    fresh mint for garnish - optional

How To Make mojito cupcakes

  • 1
    Put all dry ingredients into a big bowl.
  • 2
    Melt the butter in microwave and add the beaten egg to it.
  • 3
    Add that to the dry ingredients, stirring in the milk and rum until smooth.
  • 4
    Zest the whole lime, add 1/2 the zest to the bowl.
  • 5
    Squeeze in 1/2 the lime as well.(Keep other half for icing)
  • 6
    Finely chop your fresh mint, and add that to the batter, mixing well.
  • 7
    Split the batter between 12 lined cupcake wrappers into cupcake pan.
  • 8
    Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the sides pull away and are golden brown. (tops shoul be spongy to the touch). When done, remove to a wire rack and wait until completely cool before you ice them.
  • 9
    MOJITO ICING: MIX BUTTER AND POWDERED SUGAR TOGETHER IN A BOWL UNTIL SMOOTH
  • 10
    ADD THE RUM AND LIME
  • 11
    SPREAD ICING ON THE TOPS OF THE CUPCAKES AND ADD A SPRIG OF MINT TO EACH FOR GARNISH
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