Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Auntie Bap-Bap's Frozen Key Lime Cupcakes (yields 12)



Ok, so this recipe is easy as pie. Wait, it's totally easier than pie. It's easy as Jell-O mold. I thought about calling them Foresight Cupcakes, because the only catch with them is that you have to think ahead and make them 3 hours in advance!

Get yourself some stuff:
6 key limes
1Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
1 pint heavy whipping cream. motherfucker, heavy whipping cream is delicious.
1/2 stick unsalted butter
1Tbsp + 1tsp dark brown sugar
1/2 cup crushed cornflakes
1/2 cup crushed graham crackers
1 tsp vanilla extract

Do it Up!:
1. Melt butter, and add brown sugar, crumbly bits and vanilla.
2. Here comes the tricky part: do not proceed by eating that shit with a fork. You may think you can resist, but next thing you know, you're a grown-ass woman, standing in your kitchen eating crust like it's cereal.
3. Seriously, stop eating it and put it in a cupcake pan. You can moosh it down with a wooden spoon a little, but don't worry that it's not packing solidly in there...we're gonna freeze all that business together.
4. Combine white sugar, zest of four key limes, and juice of five in a bowl. Whisk together.
5. Slowly add heavy cream. Don't fuck with me on this one...start slowly, because I really fear the curdling of the whipping cream, and have a belief that that's why we're adding it slowly.
6. Attempt not to begin a life of hermitage, while drinking said citrus-y cream. Instead, try to make the grown-ass woman choice and pour it over the crusts.
7. Freeze for three excruciating hours.
8. Remove from pans. Are you wondering where the last key lime comes in? It's here. Ever been a bartender? Slice off the ends of the wee lime, then half lengthwise, then slice the other way. Remove lime fruit and twist the rind that's left behind. This is called a lime twist. Right now, it's the thing making the dessert pretty, but many times, it is the object making your cocktail delicately fruit-flavored and fancy-looking as all get out. I dip them in sugar for these purposes, and then I just eat the little fellas if I please.

Helpful Hints:
Listening to Mirah makes these cupcakes more delicious.

4 comments:

  1. I am totally adding this to my blogroll- congrats on taking the plunge.

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  2. You are a dangerous woman, Kate McNeeley.

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  3. Congrats on your new enterprise!

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  4. I can't wait 'til you're discovered by a cookbook publisher and I get to say "I knew you when!"

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