lemon dream cupcakes

Name: Lemon Dream Cupcakes
Yield: 30
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) butter, softened; 2 cup(s) sugar; 3 - eggs; zest - from 1 lemon, i used 1t of lemon extract since i didn't have a lemon on hand; 2 tablespoon(s) lemon juice; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla; 3 1/2 cup(s) flour; 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 cup(s) sour cream (i used light); ## FROSTING:; 1 stick(s) butter; 4 1/2 cup(s) powdered sugar; 2 tablespoon(s) lemon juice; 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) vanilla; zest - of one lemon (i added extra tablespoon of lemon juice); 1-3 tablespoon(s) milk or cream; - yellow food coloring, if desired

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Wendy Rusch

Cameron, WI

Updated on Mar 26, 2011

This cupcake is so yummy and makes me think of spring! :) I've never made a lemon cake or cupcake before...but when I found this recipe I just had to try it! I found this on webstaurantstore.com a place where I purchase the things I need for my business'...I wasn't even aware they had recipes...so totally stumbled onto this by accident while buying some cupcake liners the other day. I didn't have a lemon, so just used realemon juice out of the bottle. Worked just fine! But I would like to have had some zest for decor purposes. Also, as I stated in the directions...this cupcake would be so good with just a simple lemon glaze of lemon juice and powdered sugar or a dusting of powdered sugar...no need for the heavy frosting.

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yield 30-36 cupcakes

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 - eggs
zest - from 1 lemon, i used 1t of lemon extract since i didn't have a lemon on hand
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups sour cream (i used light)
FROSTING:
1 stick butter
4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
zest - of one lemon (i added extra tablespoon of lemon juice)
1-3 tablespoon milk or cream
- yellow food coloring, if desired

How To Make lemon dream cupcakes

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Put cupcake liners into cupcake pans. Sift together flour, soda, powder, salt and set aside. In large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and beat on high 2 minutes, scrapping bowl occasionally. Add in lemon juice and vanilla, mixing well. Add half of the flour mixture and mix well. Add sour cream and mix well, then gradually add remaining flour mixture, mixing til just blended well. Batter will be very thick. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake at 350 for 17 min. Remove from oven and cool in pans 10 mins then remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Step 2

Frosting: In a mixing bowl cream together butter and powd sugar, add in remaining ingredients except milk, add milk as needed mixing til the desired consistency. Stir in food coloring...my frosting, to me, got way to yellow...so better to add a drop at a time verses just squirting some in. lol
Step 3

I feel this cupcake is very good on its own and I think a simple lemon glaze of powdered sugar and lemon juice would be wonderful! No need for the frosting. Or even a dusting of powdered sugar would be fine! AND of course you could fill this cupcake! lemon pudding, cheesecake pudding or vanilla pudding would be great! I would have done alot more if I'd have had the time...but my daughter needed them rather suddenly. lol
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