Lemon Cupcakes

Lemon Cupcakes Recipe with Step by Step Pictures.

Soft buttery cupcakes flavoured with lemon zest and topped with lemony buttercream frosting.

This cupcakes has fluffy and tender crumbs with lemony butter frosting which taste so soft and yummy.

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Lemon Cupcakes

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

12 mins

Total time

22 mins

 

Recipe Source: Rachael Allen Lemon Cupcakes are light and spongy cupcakes with a hint of lemon flavour to it. This cupcakes has a lemon buttercream frosting which goes well with it.

Author: Aarthi

Recipe type: Dessert

Cuisine: British

Serves: 12 cupcakes

Ingredients

FOR CUPCAKES:

• Unsalted Butter - 125 grams (1/2 cup)
• Sugar - 125 grams (1/2 cup + 2 tblsp)
• Lemon Zest - from 2 lemons
• Eggs - 2
• All Purpose Flour / Maida - 150 grams (1¼ cup)
• Baking Powder - ¼ tsp

FOR FROSTING:

• Unsalted Butter - 75 grams (1/3 cup)
• Icing Sugar - 125 grams ( 1 cup)
• Lemon Zest - from 1 lemon
• Lemon Juice - 1 tsp or 2 tsp

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Line a 12 cup muffin pan and set aside.
2. Mix flour with baking powder and mix well.
3. Take butter and sugar in a bowl. Add in lemon zest and whip till fluffy
4. Now add in eggs one at a time and beat till fluffy.
5. Add in flour and fold gently. if batter is too thick add little milk.
6. Now scoop this into muffin pan and bake for 10 to 12 mins till done.
7. While cupcakes are cooling. Make frosting.
8. Take butter, icing sugar in a bowl and whip till creamy.
9. Add lemon zest and lemon juice and beat till fluffy and light,
10. Once cupcakes are cooled. frost with the lemon frosting and serve.

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Pictorial:

1)Take butter in a bowl

2)Beat till creamy

3)Add in sugar

4)Beat till creamy

5)Add in lemon zest

6)Beat till creamy

7)Add in egg. one egg at a time.

8)Beat till creamy

9)Add in another egg

10)beat till creamy

11)Mix well

12)now it is fluffy

13)Take flour in a bowl

14)Add in baking powder

15)Sieve it.

16)Fold gently

17)If too thick add little milk

18)Line muffin pan with cupcake cases

19)Fill with batter

20)Bake till done

21)Now make buttercream. Take butter and icing sugar and mix till creamy

22)Grate in lemon zest

23)Add lemon juice

24)Mix well

25)Take cupcakes in a bowl

26)Top with buttercream

27)Serve

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