Margarita Cupcakes Gluten Free
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Ingredients
  • Cupcake Ingredients
  • 3 cups Pamela's Artisan Flour Blend
  • 1 Tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter, room temperature
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon gf vanilla
  • 2 Tablespoons tequila
  • 3 limes, juice and zest of one lime
  • 1 cup buttermilk*
  • Icing Ingredients
  • ¼ cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 Tablespoon almond milk
  • 3 Tablespoons lime juice
  • 1 Tablespoon tequila
  • 2½ cups confectioners' sugar
Instructions
  1. Cupcake Directions
  2. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  3. Sift flour, baking powder and salt.
  4. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
  5. Mix in eggs 1 at a time.
  6. Mix in vanilla, lime juice, zest, and tequila.
  7. Mix in flour and buttermilk alternately, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
  8. Fill cupcake cups and bake for 22-25 minutes.
  9. Cool 10 minutes in pan then transfer to a wire rack.
  10. Icing Directions
  11. Beat butter until fluffy.
  12. Stir in milk, lime juice, and tequila.
  13. Sift in confectioners' sugar and blend until smooth and creamy. Add additional confectioner sugar if the icing is too runny.
  14. Refrigerate until ready to use.
  15. Spread icing on the cupcake when cupcake has completely cooled.
Notes
*Combine 1 Tablespoon of vinegar with almond milk in a one cup measuring cup. Let sit for 5 minutes.
Recipe by Let's Be Yummy at http://letsbeyummy.com/2014/05/05/margarita-cupcakes-gluten-free-recipe/