I don't think there are enough key lime cupcake recipes out there. When I got the idea to make some, I didn't find many recipes on the Web and I ended up adapting a lemon cake recipe. The result was a moist cupcake lightly fragrant with key lime, which was echoed in the frosting. To boost the key lime factor, you can add more zest. Lime oil is another possibility, but adding more juice could dilute the batter. But considering the praise these got, I think their lime factor was just fine.
I brought them in to work on the night of the Florida presidential primary, to keep up the sugar and carb high in the newsroom while we were working. Aside from oranges, what else says Florida like key lime? I don't think I'll be continuing the cupcake-for-a-primary theme, since my mind wandered to lobster cupcakes for Maine and Rocky Mountain cupcakes for Colorado. Let's just not go there. I often find key lime pie cloyingly sweet, but this cupcake dialed that back. The frosting especially got rave reviews.
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