Easy Lemon Cupcake Recipe
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Serves: 24
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon zest
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temp
- 4 large eggs room temp
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- Preheat oven to 350
- Line either regular or mini sized cupcake tins.
- In a food processor, pulse lemon zest and sugar until well blended
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together.
- Place this to the side.
- In a separate mixing bowl, blend butter and your lemon sugar until well combined.
- Begin to add eggs, one at a time and beat until well mixed.
- Now add half of the flour mix to the butter mix and mix until just combined.
- Now add half of buttermilk and mix until just combined.
- Finally add remaining half of flour mixture, buttermilk and lemon juice.
- Mix until well combined
- Pour the batter into the cupcake tins ¾ of the way full
- Bake for 20-24 minutes until an inverted toothpick comes out clean free of cake batter
- Cool for 20 minutes in the cupcake pan
- Remove cake from pans and cool on wire racks.
Recipe by You Brew My Tea at https://www.youbrewmytea.com/easy-lemon-cupcake-recipe/
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