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Lemon Cupcakes

Lemon Cupcakes
Course Dessert
Cuisine British
Keyword Baking, Cupcakes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings 12 cupcakes
Calories 376kcal

Ingredients

Cupcakes

  • 125 g Butter
  • 125 g Caster Sugar
  • 125 g Self-Raising Flour
  • 2 Eggs
  • ½ tsp Baking Powder
  • ½ tsp Lemon Extract
  • 1 tbsp Whole Milk

Buttercream

  • 150 g Unsalted Butter
  • 300 g Icing Sugar
  • ½ tsp Lemon Extract
  • 2 tbsp Whole Milk

Instructions

Cupcakes

  • Pre-heat the over to 180 degrees/Fan 160 degrees/Gas 4. Put muffin cases into a 12-hole muffin tin.
  • Measure your butter and sugar into the bowl and cream together until fully incorporated. Add each egg and mix until both are combined.
  • Sieve your flour and baking powder in to the bowl and then mix until fully incorporated then add the lemon extract and milk until mixed in.
  • Fill each cupcake case until about ¾ full then place in the oven to cook for 20 minutes.
  • Once cooked, remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for a minute on a cooling rack then remove from the tin and place on cooling rack until fully cooled.

Buttercream

  • Beat the butter for about 5 minutes until pale and fluffy. Sieve the icing sugar a bit at a time until it is all fully incorporated
  • Then add the lemon extract and milk until all mixed in. Fill a piping bag with a star nozzle with the buttercream and then pipe onto the cooled cupcakes.