Key Lime Cupcakes: Alternately Titled, Better Late Than Never

So...Mom's birthday was last week and I make her some really delicious birthday treats, but I haven't had time to share them until today! Oops! Better late than never I guess! For days and days I contemplated what I wanted to do for Mom's birthday. Since I've been helping her clean our her house, she told me not to buy her anything, but what would a birthday be without something sweet? I snuck over to Lance's house to borrow his kitchen so she wouldn't know what I was up to and I put together a little concoction. Mom's absolute favorite dessert is Key Lime Pie but I decided it might be fun to put a little twist on it and create cupcakes instead! Boy Howdy, they were Yum-O! Here's the amazing recipe I used for them!

CUPCAKES
3/4 cup all purpose flour

1 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel
1/4 teaspoon neon-green food coloring
3/4 cup buttermilk

Preparation
CUPCAKES
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line standard muffin pan with 12 paper liners. Whisk both flours in medium bowl. Beat butter in large bowl until smooth. Add sugar; beat to blend. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then next 3 ingredients (batter may look curdled). Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions. Spoon scant 1/3 cup batter into each liner.
Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool.

I could have made the frosting myself, but I prefer to just buy the cream cheese frosting from the store (it's just as good and you don't have to do any work)! Win/win!

This is what I found the adorable Finn doing while I was cooking! He never would have gotten up on the back of the sofa if his daddy had been at home! But boy is he cute!