Key Lime Cup Cakes

As we all know St Valentines Day was on Saturday. To celebrate, the Alison Curtis Show had an outside broadcast upstairs in Whelans, and I was delighted to provide some treats for the couples that were there, to make things a little fruitier.
One of the bakes was Mini Key Lime Cup Cakes.
Line a 24 hole mini cupcake tray with small cupcake liners. Pre heat the oven to 175C.
For the Cupcakes
1 cup of softened butter , 1 cup superfine sugar (regular sugar, blitzed) 2 cups self raising sugar, 4 eggs, 1 tsp. vanilla extract
For the Filling
one third cup of lime juice, one can of condensed milk
For the Meringue
3 egg whites, one quarter teaspoon cream of tartar, one third cup regular sugar


Place all the cupcake ingredients in a blender and beat together until pale and creamy (about 2 - 3 mins)
Place a clean tea towel over the top of the blender until the mixture starts to come together. This should stop it going everywhere.
Pipe the mixture into the tin and bake until risen and golden (about 10 mins) and until a knife comes out clean. Take tin out of the oven and allow to cool. Remove from the tin to a wire rack.

Take the lime juice and condensed milk and mix in a small bowl.

Cut the top off the cupcakes and scoop out a small amount. Fill with the lime mix, and place the top back on.

Make the meringue by whisking the egg whites, and cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Add one third of the sugar and and beat for one minute. Repeat until all the sugar has been added and the mixture is thick and glossy. Pipe onto the top of the cupcakes.





Increase the oven temperature to 230C, and bake the cupcakes for 5 minutes until golden.


Store the cupcakes for no more than one day in an airtight container.

I found that just eating them as fresh as possible (while still slightly warm in the middle) was the very very best. But even colder, I was assured that they were delicious!!

The show from Whelans was great fun and had some amazing music provided by One Day International, Anne Scott and the wonderfully talented Duke Special. This picture is especially for my lovely girlie G who has relocated temporarily to the sunnier climes of Sydney Australia, and who I miss a lot!!!! While email rocks, 'tis not the same as running 10 miles and righting all the wrongs of the world. Right ??? So G, I hope that you like the picture below and the ones that are also on www.flickr.com/orlak

Orls xxx