Air Fryer Key Lime Cupcakes is a modern American recipe for a classic lime-flavoured cupcake with lime buttercream icing (frosting) that's adapted to be cooked in an air fryer. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic American version of: Air Fryer Key Lime Cupcakes.
This is a new one for me… Though I truly love lime I’d never made a key lime cupcake before. I have no good reason as to why, it just never happened. This is an adaptation of my basic vanilla cupcake (my basic white cupcake recipe) with lime juice and lime zest added.
Ingredients:
180g (1 1/4 cups) plain (all-purpose) flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
115g (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
150g (3/4 cup) granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
juice of 6 limes
finely-grated zest of 6 limes
160ml (2/3 cup) milk or cream
Lime Buttercream Ingredients:
230g (1 cup) Butter
450g (1 lb) Icing Sugar
3 tbsp Single Cream
6 tsp lime juice
1 tbsp runny honey
lime zest to garnish
Method:
Cream together the butter, granulated sugar, lime juice and vanilla extract in a bowl. In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt then mix in the lime zest.
Add the eggs to the butter and sugar mix, on at a time, mix thoroughly to combine after each addition. Then slowly add the flour mixture into the bowl, alternating with the milk or cream. Mix well to combine.
Prepare your cupcake tin. Either use paper liners or liberally grease the wells. Fill the cupcake wells or papers, filling no more than about 2/3 full.
Transfer to your air-fryer and Air-Fry at 160°C (320°F) for 12 to 15 minutes. Or until a toothpick insert into the centre of the cupcakes emerges cleanly. Carefully remove from the air-fryer and set aside to cool.
Whilst the cupcakes are cooling prepare the lime buttercream. Using your hand mixer mix the icing sugar into the butter. Add in other ingredients and carry-on mixing until you have a creamy buttercream. Refrigerate while your cupcakes cool.
Spoon the chilled buttercream into a piping bag fitted with your choice of nozzle (I used a large star nozzle). Pipe your desired pattern on top of the cupcakes, garnish with finely-grated lime zest and serve.
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