mojito cupcakes
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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?
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Ingredients For mojito cupcakes
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preheat oven to 350 degrees f
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put the dry ingredients in a big bowl.
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1/2 csugar
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1 1/2 call purpose flour
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1/4 tspsalt
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2 tspbaking powder
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zest and juice of 1/2 lime
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1 shot spiced or dark rum-if you only have white rum, use brown sugar above
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1/4 cmelted butter
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1beaten egg
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1 cslightly soured milk? add small amt vinegar?
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icing ingredients:
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1 1/2 cpowdered sugar
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3 Tbspbutter, softened
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zest and juice of 1/2 lime
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1/4-1/2 shot of rum
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12 sprigfresh mint for garnish - optional
How To Make mojito cupcakes
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1Put all dry ingredients into a big bowl.
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2Melt the butter in microwave and add the beaten egg to it.
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3Add that to the dry ingredients, stirring in the milk and rum until smooth.
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4Zest the whole lime, add 1/2 the zest to the bowl.
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5Squeeze in 1/2 the lime as well.(Keep other half for icing)
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6Finely chop your fresh mint, and add that to the batter, mixing well.
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7Split the batter between 12 lined cupcake wrappers into cupcake pan.
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8Bake 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.
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9MOJITO ICING: MIX BUTTER AND POWDERED SUGAR TOGETHER IN A BOWL UNTIL SMOOTH
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10ADD THE RUM AND LIME
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11SPREAD ICING ON THE TOPS OF THE CUPCAKES AND ADD A SPRIG OF MINT TO EACH FOR GARNISH
- Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
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