Recipe here.
For Girl’s birthday party tomorrow. Had to try one tonight…you know, just to make sure that they were OK…before I served them to the children. I wouldn’t want to serve them an inferior baked good, you know…
The verdict? Yum! The cake itself is rich and moist and slightly Red Velvet-y (because of the buttermilk,) but without any chocolate flavor, of course. I omitted the green food coloring, so the cakes are white on our cupcakes, rather than green (eww!)
The frosting is creamy and delicious with a PRONOUNCED lime tang. I love citrus and the flavor of these definitely does not disappoint. I sprinkled a TINY bit of extra lime zest on top of each cupcake after frosting. I didn’t frost them too heavily, so had an extra cup of frosting leftover. I’ll have to come up with something to do with it. It might be really nice on a loaf of zucchini bread…
Yum! The frosting would also be yummy on cookies. Maybe something like a lime version of this…
http://realmomkitchen.com/2415/zesty-lemon-cookies/
I think you made a good choice in omitting the coloring. Though, you should make these regularly at least for St. Patty. 🙂