Lime Cupcakes! (trust me, they're awesome!)

I am uploading this recipe for my friend, Sinead, who baked us some lovely cupcakes a couple of weeks ago! I hope she tries these!


I found this recipe on goodfood.co.uk when I had a couple of limes in the fridge that I didn't know what to do with. My sister was coming home from uni for the weekend and I always make her something special to eat. She is a fussy eater but she loved these so you will to! Trust me, everyone will be begging you to make these again!


250g courgettes (seriously, go with me on this!)
125ml vegetable oil
2 large eggs (I like Happy Eggs)
Juice and zest of one lime
150g golden caster sugar
225g self-raising flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
200g cream cheese
100g icing sugar
Juice and zest of one lime


Preheat oven to gas mark 4.
Grate the courgette (on the large grate part) and squeeze the water out of it.
Beat the eggs, sugar, and oil until fluffy.
Sieve in the flour and add the bicarbonate of soda and baking powder. Add the courgette and mix well, work quickly to prevent over-mixing.
Grate in the zest of the lie (on the finer part of the grater) and squeeze in as much juice as you can from it. The limes I used were lovely and juicy so try to use the juiciest ones you can find. The mix will likely be quite loose when you do this but don't panic, this is the consistency I got and everything came out fine!
Divide the mixture into muffin cases (the cupcakes look so much prettier in muffin cases, I think) and bake in the oven for 25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Mine took slightly longer than this (about 35 minutes) so trust your instincts if you feel they need longer.
Once baked, allow the cupcakes to cool completely before frosting them.
In a bowl, mix the cream cheese, icing sugar, and lime juice together (it might be slightly runny so add more icing sugar too thicken it to the consistency you want and taste it to check you can still taste the lime. It's all about taste with this frosting so do whatever tastes good to you).
Frost each cupcake and sprinkle with some lime zest for garnish!
Delicious!

Tip: Don't forget to grate the lime zest before making the frosting!

These are my favourite cupcakes ever! Cream cheese frosting is my favourite kind and it gives all cupcakes some delicious sourness. The lime in these cupcakes gives a lovely acidity, so even if you don't have much of a sweet-tooth you will love these! I think this recipe is ideal if you are a first-time baker, the courgettes keep the cupcakes lovely and moist so there won't be a dry or dense cupcake in sight!
This recipe makes 12 good sized cupcakes and are so easy and delicious you will be making them again and again!

Enjoy!
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