About
No need for four-leaf clovers here! We have all the good luck we could ever need with these Lucky Cupcakes! These soft and sweet cupcakes are frosted with a creamy, tangy lime frosting and filled with a hidden pot of gold! There's an electrically sharp and lip-smackingly delicious lime curd filling tucked into each cupcake! Lucky Cupcakes will put more than a spring in your step! You might just begin to step dance!
Ingredients
- For the cupcakes:
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup bottled Key lime juice
- 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk
- 3 tablespoons salted butter, cut into pieces and chilled
- 1 (15.25-ounce) box white cake mix, plus the ingredients called for on the package
- For the frosting:
- 1 stick salted butter, room temperature
- 1 (8-ounce) block cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/4 cup bottled Key lime juice
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- graham cracker crumbs, optional, to taste, for topping
- lime slices, optional, to taste, for topping
Directions
Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2 -In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, add the granulated sugar, 1/4 cup of the Key lime juice, the egg, and the egg yolk and cook, while whisking, until the sugar dissolves, about 1 minute.
Step 3 -While whisking constantly, add 3 tablespoons of the chilled butter, a few pieces at a time, to the egg mixture and whisk until the pieces are completely melted before adding more pieces.
Step 4 -Continue to whisk the egg mixture until it thickens into a curd, about 3-4 minutes. The curd should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
Step 5 -Transfer the curd to a small bowl and refrigerate it until chilled, about 1 hour.
Step 6 -Line a 24 cup muffin tin with paper liners.
Step 7 -Prepare the cake mix according to the package directions for cupcakes and using the ingredients called for on the package.
Step 8 -Bake the cupcakes and allow them to cool according to the package directions.
Step 9 -In a large bowl, add the remaining room temperature butter, the cream cheese, and the remaining lime juice and use an electric handheld mixer to beat on medium-high speed until a light and fluffy butter mixture starts to form, about 3-4 minutes.
Step 10 -Reduce the mixing speed to low and slowly add the powdered sugar, while beating, until just combined, about 1-2 minutes.
Step 11 -Using a paring knife, cut a small hole in the top of each of the cupcakes, about 1/2-inch deep and 1/2-inch in diameter.
Step 12 -Spoon 1/2 teaspoon of the lime curd into each of the holes in the cupcakes.
Step 13 -Spread or pipe the frosting evenly over the cupcakes.
Step 14 -Sprinkle the cupcakes with the graham cracker crumbs.
Step 15 -Serve topped with the lime slices.
