Key Lime Pie Cupcakes
Servings 24
These Key Lime Pie Cupcakes are light and fluffy, filled with sweet key lime curd and topped with a whipped vanilla lime frosting!
Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 box White Cake Mix
- 1/3 cup Vegetable Oil
- 3 Large Eggs
- 1 cup Key Lime Yogurt not light
- 1/4 cup Key Lime Juice
- Zest of 4 Key Limes
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Filling:
- Key Lime Curd Recipe
Frosting:
- 2 cups Heavy Cream
- 1/2 cup Confectioners' Sugar
- 1/3 cup Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix dry
- 1/4 cup Key Lime Juice
- Zest of 4 Key Limes
- Topping:
- Additional Zest
- Key Lime Slices
Instructions
Cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Line cupcakes pan with liners.
- Add cupcake ingredients one by one to a mixing bowl or stand mixer, mixing between each addition.
- Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full and bake for 17-20 minutes until toothpick comes clean.
- Transfer cupcakes to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely.
- Meanwhile, prepare Homemade Key Lime Curd.
- Once cupcakes have cooled and curd is finished, use a cupcake corer to remove the centers of the cupcakes and spoon in some curd to the center of each cupcake.
- Combine frosting ingredients in a large bowl or stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment and beat until light and fluffy.
- Pipe frosting onto curd filled cupcakes and top with extra zest and a lime slice.
Notes
If you can't find Key Lime Yogurt, plain or vanilla can be used as a substitute, as well as sour cream.
Find it online: www.sugarandsoul.co/key-lime-pie-cupcakes-recipe/