I don't know why, but whenever I make this recipe everything goes super well until I arrive at the frosting. Inevitably I always have ever so slight issues with the meringue buttercream - but I always seem to pull it off in the end by whipping the $&*@ out of it... until last night. Reason? Maybe I decided to make too many things (post on how to make banana chocolate loaf will be up soon), maybe it was just too hot in the kitchen, or maybe it was late, it was a full moon and a wolf howled. Clearly luck was not on my side, and because of this I am considering never making the frosting again, or at least only attempt again when I regain my confidence. However all that said, the icing has worked every time before this and thus I can't dismiss it just because I got mad. In the end, these cupcakes are still one of my favourites. The cupcake itself is dense and not too sweet, which lets the lime flavour come through; once baked, brushing the tops with a smidgen of tequila and topping them off with lime-tequila flavoured meringue buttercream and lime zest, makes them perfect for summertime. Below is my recipe for these delicious little cupcakes, when making the icing make sure that: 1) the whipped eggs have come back to room temperature, and 2) the butter is room temperature throughout. Happy Baking :) P.S. I figured out why my icing didn't work, I added twice the amount of sugar - so don't make the same mistake as me!
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