Mojito Cupcakes

• portions: Makes 12

Ingrédients

Dehydrated lime slices:

1 lime

Cake mixture:

150g salted butter, softened

100g soft light brown sugar

50g caster sugar

3 medium eggs, at room temperature

1 tsp vanilla bean paste

150g self-raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 tbsp milk

Rum syrup:

75ml rum

75g soft dark brown sugar

Juice of 1 lime

Lime and mint buttercream:

200g unsalted butter, softened

Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lime

1 tbsp boiling water

400g icing sugar, sifted

2 sprigs of mint, leaves picke and finely chopped

To decorate:

A few lime sherbet sweets, crushed

12 small sprigs of mint

12 colourful paper straws

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Notes

Paul Hollywood