Key Lime Mini Cupcake Recipe

First we must all give a great big 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

to the hubs.

So his favorite thing for a sweet treat has always 

been Key Lime Pie.

Last year his Mom made him these amazing little

Key Lime Mini Cupcakes.

They were to die for, so I knew that would be happening again this year.

I mentioned on the Facebook the other day that I was looking for a good 

recipe and many of your said you wanted to know as well....

So here it is!

What you will need:

(makes 24 cupcakes)

cakes:

1 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/8 tsp salt

6 tbsp unsalted butter, softened

1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp sugar

1 large egg

1/4 cup Key Lime juice

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

frosting:

1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar

6 tbsp unsalted butter, softened

1 tsp vanilla

Step 1:

Heat oven to 350° F

Line the indents of 24 mini cupcakes with paper liners.

Step 2:

Combine in a medium sized bowl:

Flour, salt, and baking powder.

In another medium sized bowl,

beat butter, vanilla, and sugar with an electric mixer 

on medium high speed for 1 minute.

Step 3:

Add half the flour mixture to the wet mixture, combine on low speed.

Then add all of the Key lime juice,

then the rest of the flour mixture.

Step 4:

Once evenly combined, 

spoon evenly into prepared liners.

Make at 350° F for 17 minutes.

Cool in pans on wire rack.

Step 5:

In a small bowl,

combine confectioners sugar, butter, and vanilla.

Beat until smooth.

Spread frosting onto cooled cupcakes.

Tip:

I also topped the cupcakes with 

Annie's Organic Snickerdoodle Crumbs.

I ran them through the food processor so that I could get an even dusting.

Yum!

10 things i couldn't live without this week:

1. a well spent $10 at world thrift. this exceeds my normal couple dollar budget, but i just couldn't turn these down. after doing a little research i think the fiesta ware purchase might be the buy of the year. i priced out one cup and saucer set at about $40. that was a very good $5 spent. and then the linen blazer that i got the hubs fit's like it was tailored for him. my trick worked! and the hubs got some sweet new digs for his birthday to wear under that blazer.

2. getting to see all my lake worth mommy buddies. i love all these inspiring and talented ladies! their maybe a surprise here in the future.....all depends on what the mommy ladies say.

3. swimming pool playdates.

4. turquoise violets first ever homemade giveaway. don't forget to enter for your chance to win.

5. my impromptu trip to orlando for two important ladies.

6. lady #1. my momma. sometimes i need my momma, but sometimes my momma needs me.

7. lady #2. my favorite lady, Ms. Z if ya nasty. we had a mini farewell party at house of blues to see the Darling Cavaliers. they were amazing. saying goodbye to Jess was not. i take that back. in the past few years she and i have become so much closer than friends. she is my teacher, my shoulder, my colleague, my therapist, my inspiration. and i could not be more proud that she is doing it. she is jumping out of an airplane without a parachute, and she is going to land on one foot with so much laughter and grace.

8. the hubs birthday. when i met the hubs there was a strictly enforced "no celebrating the birthday" rule. it brings the utmost joy to my heart to see how much he enjoys his birthdays now. i have worked hard over the past 5 years to make it that way.

9. some fantastic haircuts given out by your's truly. now if i could just corner the boy....he's looking like he needs a trim.

10. auditioning for the one month to win it contest. keeping my fingers crossed.

thrifty finds.

with all the vacationing and company i've been a bit behind with everything else. so this is two weeks worth of thrifty finds.

the first two were from my favorite kind of garage sale, "the cleaning out of the old lady house". i scored this cutie pie dress and a to die for pristine condition vintage purse for only $2.

then today i hit up my favorite local thrift store and found this linen sport coat for the hubs. for $4, it looks like it's never been worn and it's a perfect fit. and icing on the cake this week was the start of my fiesta ware collection. for years now i have been wanting to start picking up piece by piece, until i had a bit of a collection. i didn't realize that everyone and the mother was collecting and how pricey some of the pieces could get. so i vowed to collect, slowly, and on a budget. i found this set of 8 tea cups and 9 saucers for $5.

have you found any thrifty finds lately that you are proud of?