Prep: 50 minutesCook: 20 minutesTotal: 1 hour 10 minutes
Soft and fluffy Lemon Cupcakes with a creamy lemon frosting.
Ingredients
Lemon cupcakes
- 115 grams (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 200 grams (1 cup) caster sugar or granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 210 grams (1 and 1/2 cups) plain flour or all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- Zest of one lemon
- 120 ml (1/2 cup) Greek yogurt
- 60 ml (1/4 cup) full fat or whole milk
Lemon buttercream
- 115 grams (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 435 grams (3 and 1/2 cups) icing sugar or powdered sugar, sifted
- 1–2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1–2 tablespoons full fat or whole milk, room temperature
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced. Line a 12-hole muffin pan with cupcake liners.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter, sugar and vanilla together until pale and creamy. Add eggs and beat briefly until combined. In a separate bowl, sift together flour and baking powder.
- Add half the flour mixture and all the yogurt, along with the lemon juice and zest, and slowly mix together on a low speed. Add the rest of the flour and the milk and mix briefly until smooth and creamy. The mixture will be thick.
- Spoon out the cake batter into your prepared liners and bake in the oven for approximately 18-20 minutes or until golden. Leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
- To make the frosting, add butter to a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer for 2-3 minutes until smooth and creamy. Add sugar, 1 cup at a time, and continue to beat until smooth. Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of milk and beat briefly. If the mixture is too thick, add an extra tablespoon of both.
- Transfer frosting to piping bag fitted with a large round tip. Pipe frosting onto cupcakes. Decorate with lemon zest.
Nutrition Information
Serving Size: 1 cupcake
Calories: 438
Sugar: 53.1 g
Sodium: 23.8 mg
Fat: 17.3 g
Carbohydrates: 68.2 g
Protein: 4.3 g
Cholesterol: 74.4 mg
Nutrition information is a guide only.
Category: CupcakesCuisine: Australia