Margarita Cupcakes with Lime Garnish

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Posted by Erin Zimmer, May 4, 2008 at 9:30 AM

Not enough cupcakes have lime garnishes. Maybe because not enough cupcakes are spiked with tequila.

This vegan-friendly Cinco de Mayo recipe for margarita cupcakes with lime garnish presented by Beantown Baker from the book Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero only calls for a tablespoon of the fermented agave plant, which means you probably won't feel intoxicated after eating it. But maybe frosting shots could fix that? She makes them look even more enticing with this impressive lime backdrop.

7 Comments | Tags: Cinco de Mayo, cupcakes, tequila

7 Comments:

I Love lime and this recipe sounds delicious! Margaritas are one of my favourite drinks. But they don't look like a regular cupcake...it looks like a slushy. How come?

paris221966 at 2:55PM on 05/04/08

I thought the very same thing at first, but it's actually the coarse sugar you're supposed to sprinkle around the frosting periphery for the illusion of salted "rims."

Erin Zimmer at 9:53PM on 05/04/08

Nice illusion! Thanks :-)

paris221966 at 2:25AM on 05/05/08

Credit where credit's due. The original recipe is from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World by Moskowitz and Romero.

mollyjade at 9:40AM on 05/05/08

@mollyjade: Sorry, just added the info.

roboppy at 10:02AM on 05/05/08

Frosting recipe is missing something: '1/4 butter' ... pound? cup? stick?

marthaquest at 12:38PM on 05/05/08

I'll have to double check the recipe and fix my typo this weekend. Sorry about that. For anyone who asked why they look slushy. This was one of my first Vegan cupcakes and I was using low-fat soy milk. This causes the cupcakes to come out gummy/sticky and not rise very much. I filled them the same amount that I usually do, they just didn't rise up much. I'd like to try this recipe again to make prettier margarita cupcakes.

beantownBaker at 1:11PM on 05/09/08

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