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Green Apple and Lime Cupcakes

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Ingredients

For the Green Apple and Lime Cupcake:

  1. 3 apples, peeled and pureed
  2. Juice from 1/2 lime
  3. Zest from 1 lime
  4. 2 tsp vanilla extract
  5. 1/2 tsp almond extract
  6. 2 tsp cardamom
  7. 3 cups cake flour
  8. 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  9. 1 tbs baking powder
  10. 2 sticks of butter (softened, or zapped in the microwave for 10 seconds)
  11. 3 eggs
  12. 1 egg white
  13. 1 cup whole milk
  14. 1 tsp salt
  15. 2 1/4 cups sugar

For the Lime and Bourbon Swiss Buttercream

  1. 4 egg whites, at room temperature
  2. 3 slicks of butter, softened and cut into small pieces
  3. 1 1/4 cups sugar
  4. zest of 2 limes
  5. Juice from 1 1/2 limes
  6. 1 tsp vanilla extract
  7. 1 tsp bourbon
  8. 1/2 tsp cardamom

Instructions

For the cake:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.
  2. Whisk the flours, salt, baking powder, and cardamom in a large bowl
  3. In a stand mixer cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy
  4. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating after each addition
  5. Mix milk, vanilla, and lime zest together in a small bowl
  6. Add the 1/2 lime juice to the pureed apples
  7. Add flour mixture and milk mixture to the butter and sugar, starting with just 1/3 of each and alternating wet and dry ingredients.
  8. Mix in the apples and lime juice
  9. Divide batter between prepare cupcake tins, filling 3/4 of the way
  10. Bake for 20 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.

For the buttercream:

  1. Place egg whites and sugar in a heatproof mixing bowl set over a pot of simmering water. Whisk until sugar dissolves and mixture reaches 160 degrees
  2. Remove the bowl from heat and attach to a stand mixer. Whisk on medium high speed until stiff peaks form (about 6 minutes)
  3. Reduce speed to medium and add in butter, one stick at a time
  4. Mix in lime zest, lime juice, vanilla extract, bourbon, and cardamom. Mix well after each addition.
  5. Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes and enjoy!

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