One Sweet MoFo

As promised, lime cupcakes with Patron icing!

I have been so busy, I haven't had a chance to post these awesome creations until now! My friend Collin visited from Phoenix back in January and he helped me in the kitchen for this fun cupcake creation. We behaved ourselves and didn't do any Patron shots until the cupcakes were baking and the icing was already mixed, then it was game on!

Lime Cupcake
1/4 cup lime juice
1 1/4 teaspoon lime zest (2 limes)
1 cup milk (I used 1%)
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoon Patron
1 cup powdered sugar
1 1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake pan.
2. Briefly blend lime juice, lime zest, milk, vegetable oil, Patron, vanilla extract in large bowl. Mix in the sugar.

3. In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
4. Add the dry ingredients to the lime mixture slowly. Blend until completely combined.
5. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full. Makes 18 full sized cupcakes.
6. Bake 22 minutes or until light brown on top and cake is spongy.

Patron Lime Frosting
1/4 cup melted unsalted butter
1 tablespoon milk (I used the same 1%)
3 tablespoon lime juice
1 tablespoon Patron (I used a full shot and it made the taste REALLY strong)
2-5 cups powdered sugar (I used about 4 cups for a thicker icing I could pipe)
green food coloring (optional)
coarse sugar and salt (optional for decoration)

1. Cream together butter, milk, lime juice and Patron.

2. Mix in sugar 1 cup at a time until desired thickness is reached. Blend thoroughly. At 2-3 cups of sugar I added 4 drops of green food coloring for fun.

3. Pipe or frost cooled cupcakes. Roll sides in the sugar or salt as "rims."

RESULT:
So it wasn't until after I made them I realized I HATE lime cupcakes. I mean, seriously BLEH! It didn't help that the Patron icing was so runny from the Patron, I had to add more powdered sugar to thicken it up. After 6 cups of powdered sugar, it was still a runny mess and just dripped out of the piping bag. Then-surprise!-it tasted like Patron flavored powdered sugar. And not in a good way. Overall, I so disgusted and embarrassed by these cupcakes I didn't even take them in to work for the guys to eat. I work with a variety of nasty, dirty, grungy contractors who I have literally witnessed drop a hot dog on the floor then pick it up, brush off the dirt from the warehouse, and eat it without even claiming the "5 second-rule" and I refused to subject them to these creations. I dare someone else to try this recipe or any variation and let me know if you can get this tasting any better.