Vanilla Lemon Cupcakes With Lemon Frosting

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    49mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    375
based on 13 ratings

Tangy lemon and vanilla cupcakes, with a fresh lemon frosting. Omit the lemon for plain vanilla cupcakes.

recipe updated Feb 21, 2022

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    100 g
  • Superfine sugar icon
    Superfine sugar
    100 g
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    2
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    120 g
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    10 g
  • Lemon icon
    Lemon
    2
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    as needed
  • Salted butter icon
    Salted butter
    75 g
  • Powdered sugar icon
    Powdered sugar
    175 g
  • Blueberries icon
    Blueberries
    100 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Stand mixer
  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Whisk
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Zester
  • kCook icon Muffin pan - 12-hole
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 170°C
  2. Line a clean muffin pan with paper muffin cups
  3. Add unsalted butter and superfine sugar to a clean large mixing bowl
  4. Cream until fluffy
  5. Add vanilla extract to the batter
  6. Add egg to the batter one by one while mixing
  7. Add all purpose flour and baking powder to a clean medium bowl
  8. Whisk briefly until combined
  9. Transfer dry ingredients to batter
  10. Add lemon to the batter
  11. Mix until well combined
  12. Add milk to the batter if it seems dry
  13. Transfer batter to muffin pan
  14. Bake until skewer tests clean - 18 min, 170°C
  15. Transfer onto cooling rack until completely cool
  16. Add salted butter and powdered sugar to a clean large mixing bowl
  17. Mix until well combined
  18. Add lemon to the frosting and mix until well blended
  19. Spread frosting on cupcakes
  20. Garnish with blueberries
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