Key Lime Cream Cupcakes with Vanilla Lime Buttercream

Stop whatever you're doing and make these cupcakes.

Seriously.

They are that amazing.

I adapted a recipe from Bakerella for the cupcakes and made up my own frosting to top them off.

Key Lime Cream Cupcakes
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2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
2/3 cup coconut oil, melted
2/3 cup bottled lime juice
3/4 cup Greek yogurt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl.

Add the eggs, oil, lime juice, and yogurt. Mix until well blended.

Pour into cupcake tins.

After putting the tins in the oven, turn the oven down to 325 degrees, and bake for 25 minutes.

Cool on wire racks.

Vanilla Lime Buttercream Frosting

1 C butter, softened
4 C powdered sugar
2 t vanilla extract
2 t bottled lime juice
green food coloring, optional

Cream the butter until smooth.

Add one cup of powdered sugar and mix well.

Mix in vanilla, lime juice, and food coloring.

Add remaining powdered sugar, one cup at a time.

Pipe onto cooled cupcakes.

Refrigerate leftovers... if you have any!

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