Lemon Cupcakes

Lemon Cupcakes Recipe with Step by Step Pictures.

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Lemon Cupcakes

Soft buttery cupcakes flavored 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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How to Make Lemon Cupcake Recipe

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

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

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Lemon Cupcakes

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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.

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 12 mins

Total Time 22 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine British

Servings 12 cupcakes

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Ingredients

  

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FOR CUPCAKES:

• ▢ Unsalted Butter - 125 grams ½ cup
• ▢ Sugar - 125 grams ½ cup + 2 tblsp
• ▢ Lemon Zest - from 2 lemons
• ▢ Eggs - 2
• ▢ All Purpose Flour / Maida - 150 grams 1 ¼ cup
• ▢ Baking Powder - ¼ tsp

FOR FROSTING:

• ▢ Unsalted Butter - 75 grams ⅓ cup
• ▢ Icing Sugar - 125 grams 1 cup
• ▢ Lemon Zest - from 1 lemon
• ▢ Lemon Juice - 1 tsp or 2 tsp

Instructions

 

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

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Lemon Cupcakes Recipe With Step by Step Pictures

1)Take butter in a bowl

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2)Beat till creamy

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3)Add in sugar

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4)Beat till creamy

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5)Add in lemon zest

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6)Beat till creamy

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

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8)Beat till creamy

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9)Add in another egg

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10)beat till creamy

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11)Mix well

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12)now it is fluffy

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13)Take flour in a bowl

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14)Add in baking powder

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15)Sieve it.

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16)Fold gently

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17)If too thick add little milk

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18)Line muffin pan with cupcake cases

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19)Fill with batter

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20)Bake till done

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

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22)Grate in lemon zest

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23)Add lemon juice

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24)Mix well

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25)Take cupcakes in a bowl

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26)Top with buttercream

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27)Serve

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