Lemon Diva Cupcakes
By
Jaded spoon
@Jaded_spoon
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From a TV show here called "Master Chef" I have always loves lemon as a flavoring in cakes and this one is really zesty and makes a nice change to the normal chocolate and vanilla cup cakes.
Rating:
★★★★★ 1 vote5
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Ingredients
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100 gunsalted butter
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3/4 ccaster sugar (superfine sugar)
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1/2 tspvanilla extract
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3lemons zest
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2eggs
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1 cself raising flour
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1/2 cmilk
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FROSTING
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125 gunsalted butter (1 stick)
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2 csifted icing sugar (powder sugar)
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1 1/2 Tbsplemon juice
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·yellow food colouring, decorations
How to Make Lemon Diva Cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 180C (160C fan-forced). Line a 12-hole medium muffi n pan (1/3 cup capacity) with paper cases. Using electric beaters, beat the butter, sugar and vanilla extract until light and
creamy. Mix through the lemon zest. - Add the eggs one at a time, beating well a er each egg. Gently fold through the flour and milk in two alternate batches. Divide the mixture evenly among the paper cases.
- Bake for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown and springy when touched. Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before decorating.
- To make the icing, use electric beaters to beat the butter until light and creamy. Add the icing sugar a little at a time, beating constantly. Add half the lemon juice and beat until well combined. Add the remaining lemon juice a little at a time, and tint with food colouring if you like. Using a 1 cm fluted nozzle, pipe the icing onto the cooled cupcakes. Decorate!!
- Note: To make Lime Sublime cupcakes, substitute the zest of 6 limes in the cake batter and 2 tbs of lime juice in the icing. For Clockwork Orange cupcakes, try using the zest of 2 oranges in the batter and 2 tbs of orange juice in the icing.
About Lemon Diva Cupcakes
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