any good recipe for key lime cupcakes...looked online but all had box cake mixes and frostings

There's an awesome recipe for KeyLime cupcakes in the Wilton Cupcake book. Also Key Lime Buttercream.

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Here is a recipe I developed for the local gourmet store:

A Southern Season Key lime Pie Cupcakes-
Developed by Katrina Ryan, Proprietor/baker
Sugarland Bakery, 140 E. Franklin St. Chapel Hill

Graham cake-
2 cups cake flour
1 cup (14 squares) finely crushed graham crackers or graham cracker crumbs
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup margarine or butter, softened
1 cup whole milk
1 tablespoon vanilla (Nielsen Massey)
3 eggs
1 cup pecans very finely chopped

Filling-
5 eggs yolk
1/4 c. fresh key lime juice
1/4 c. fresh persian lime juice
1 can swetened condensed milk
2 sheets gelatin
Topping-
2 c. heavy cream
1/4 c sugar
1 t. vanilla (Nielsen Massey)


Garnish-
Southern Season Fruit slices-(we like the look of the sour apple)
(available by the slice from the candy counter)

Make the filling by softening the gelatin sheets in the lime juice, then microwave for 30 seconds or until the gelatin id dissolved. Mix Sweetened condensed milk and egg yolks in a small bowl. Whisk in limejuice mixture and chill at least two hours.

Preheat oven to 325.
In large bowl, combine all cake ingredients except nuts; beat 3 minutes at medium speed. By hand, stir in 1 cup nuts. Pour batter into muffin cups. Bake 20-25 minutes.
While the cupcakes are cooling, make whipped cream. Add whipped cream stabilizer to the 1/4 c. sugar. With mixer on low, add vanilla and sugar mixture to heavy cream. Mix on medium high speed to firm peak stage.
Using an apple corer, cut a hole in each cupcake being careful not to cut the cupcake paper. fill with 1 T. lime filling filling.
Using a pastry bag, swirl the top of each cupcake with sweetened whipped cream and garnish with a fruit slice that has been cut in half.

Here's an easy scratch key lime cupcake w/filling recipe:

http://www.bakespace.com/recipes/detail/Key-Lime-Pie-Cupcakes/8264/

Scratch keylime cupcake w/keylime frosting:
(Can eliminate the coconut garnish.)

http://www.recipezaar.com/Coconut-Lime-Cupcakes-22451

http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2008/09/key_lime_cupcakes

http://www.cupcakeproject.com/2008/03/beach-cupcakes-key-lime-pie-cupcakes.html

Scratch keylime cupcake w/glaze recipe:

http://www.cupcakerecipes.com/keylimerecipe.htm

Scratch keylime cupcakes w/filling baked inside:
(Coconut frosting.)

http://bad-girls-kitchen.blogspot.com/2009/07/key-lime-pie-cupcakes-with-coconut.html

Scratch key lime cupcakes with Ginger Snap crusts and key lime filling and meringue frosting:

http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/2009/07/spectacular-key-lime-cupcakes.html

Scratch key lime cupcakes and white chocolate frosting:

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=83450679437

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/key-lime-coconut-cupcakes-with-white-chocolate-frosting-recipe/index.html

HTH

You are awesome Snarky! My brain is just filling up with ideas for using the graham cake.

Oooooh, all of this looks good. Key lime in the summah' time, sounds delish!

Oh, any excuse to use a blowtorch around cakes, I tell ya! Fun!

Lol! Yep...oh I can't wait to see 'Julie and Julia'

I got one for christmas(blowtorch that is), I called my sister estactic and so very proud of my husband, she was less than impressed stating, "isn't that technically a kitchen appliance?" ahhh...the poor girl doesn't know what she's missing

YUM! I'm imagining the smores cupcakes.... I'd go into a dumping syndrome coma from those (gastric bypass), but it'd be well worth it!

I may have to try both the smores and the key lime. Key lime is my husband's favorite. What is and where do I find persian lime juice?

Persian limes are the everyday variety of lime you find in the supermarket. Bottled lime juice will be in the same area you find bottled lemon juice. Or just squeeze a fresh lime!

Thanks! I usually use bottled lime juice since it takes so long to juice limes, especially key limes! I barely got 1/4 cup of juice from a pound of those little things the last time I made a key lime pie.

truth be told, most of the time when we make key lime filling, we use Nellie and Joe's Key Lime Juice and the juice of about 2 fresh limes.