Lime & Buttermilk Cupcakes

-By: Cimone Furler via  Coconutandlime.com
Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• ¾ cup butter, at room temperature
• ¾ cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 2 teaspoons lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• zest of one lime

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Line 12 wells in a cupcake tin with baking papers.

2.  In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

3. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, zest and sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the juice. Alternately add the flour mixture and buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour.

4. Fill each baking cup two-thirds full. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Ice with coconut lime icing.

Icing:

• 1 cup confections’ sugar
• ¾ cup sweetened, flaked coconut
• 3 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• zest of one lime

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, combine butter,zest and sugar throughly.

2. Add buttermilk and lime juice.

3. Mix on high 1 minute until well mixed

4. Spread over cooled cupcakes. Sprinkle each cake with coconut.