You have to admit, these ‘Slime’ cupcakes are really damn cool! And despite the name, THESE slime cupcakes are damn delicious as well! A soft, fresh vanilla sponge cupcake with yummy buttercream icing and a lime curd completes the trio of great flavor here! AND you totally get the slime cupcake look! Especially with these slime party cupcake toppers (editable, of course!)

So, when slime cupcakes are what you need, this is how you do it!

Slime Cupcakes Recipe

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Author: Louise

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Description

Delicious vanilla cupcakes, with buttercream icing and lime curd – slime cupcakes never tasted sooooo good!

Ingredients

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Cupcakes:

1 ½ cups flour
¾ cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
½ cup milk
½ cup oil
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence

Buttercream icing:

125g white margerine
375g icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp hot water

Lime curd:

2/3 cup bottled lemon juice
3/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
Green food coloring
Yellow food coloring

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Instructions

Vanilla Cupcakes:

Sift dry ingredients together.
Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and beat well until smooth and creamy.
Place paper cups into muffin tin and fill each cup 3/4 full.
Bake for 15 minutes at 180° C.

Buttercream icing:

Cream together 125g white margarine and 375g icing sugar.
Add 1tsp vanilla essence
1tsp hot water

Place in a piping bag and ice cooled cupcakes with piping bag and nozzle.

Slime Curd:

Dissolve 2/3 cup bottled lemon juice into ¾ cup sugar over a medium heat in a saucepan.
Lightly beat 2 large eggs (at room temperature) in a small bowl.
Trickle the hot lemon syrup into the egg mixture whisking constantly to prevent curdling
Beat for about a minute and return mixture to saucepan.
Cook over a medium heat, stirring constantly, until the curd starts to bubble and thicken, add 8-10 drops of green and 2-3 drops of yellow food coloring.
Allow to chill and drizzle over white piped iced cupcakes