Margarita Cupcake

Posted On May 11, 2018

Who does not like a bold glass of Margarita after a long and tiring week to unwind and relax! I know… I do…

There are very few desserts are for adults meaning have alcohol in it. I love nice and strong margarita and I also like dessert. So, I thought of mixing all the ingredients of margarita with cupcake and have some adult version of simple cupcakes. So I search and search for such recipe and after much trials, I came up with the recipe below.

Kids stay away from it… These cupcakes have some tequila in it…

Margarita Cupcakes

5 from 1 vote

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Course Dessert

Servings 16 cupcakes

Ingredients

Cupcakes

15.25 oz boxed white cake mix
1/3 cup lime juice
1/3 cup tequila
1/3 cup buttermilk (can also substitute with milk)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 tbsp lime zest
1 tbsp tequila (for brushing the tops of the cupcakes)

Frosting

8 oz cream cheese (room temperature)
1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
2 cups confectioner's sugar
2 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp tequila
1/2 tbsp lime zest

Garnish

1/4 cup sanding sugar (optional: mix with 1/4 tsp coarse sea salt)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius). Line a muffin tin with paper or foil cupcake liners, and spray the liners with nonstick spray.
Pour the dry cake mix into a large mixing bowl. Using a hand mixer, beat the mix together with the lime juice, tequila, buttermilk, oil, large eggs and lime zest until just-combined.
Divide the batter evenly among the muffin tins.
Bake for 14 to 17 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow the cupcakes to cool to room temperature.
Brush the tops of each cupcake with the reserved tablespoon of tequila. Refrigerate the coated cupcakes for 30 minutes before frosting.
While the cupcakes are in the refrigerator, make the frosting by whipping the cream cheese and butter together until completely smooth. Add in the remaining ingredients and whip until combined.
Pipe the frosting onto each cupcake.
Place the sanding sugar in a small bowl. Carefully roll the edges of each cupcake in the sugar to achieve the margarita sugar rim effect!