Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream Frosting
Homemade Lemon Cupcakes are easy to make from scratch with this delicious recipe. They're sweet, moist, tangy & topped with luscious Lemon Buttercream Frosting!
Ingredients
Lemon Cupcakes
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 2 tbsp lemon zest
- 2 tbsp lemon juice, fresh squeezed
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup half-and-half
Lemon Buttercream Frosting
- 16 oz cream cheese
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 2 cups confectioners sugar, sifted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
Lemon Cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Line a muffin pan with paper liners or silicone cups.
- In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a large bowl, use an electric hand mixer or stand mixer to cream the butter and sugar together.
- Add the eggs one at a time and mix into the batter after each addition.
- Add the lemon zest, vanilla extract, lemon juice and half-and-half. Mix into the batter.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir to combine.
- Either spoon the batter into the lined muffin pans or transfer the batter to a plastic bag, cut a hole in the corner and pipe the batter into the muffin pans.
- Place in the oven for 18-20 minutes. Once a toothpick inserted in the middle of a cupcake comes out clean, the cupcakes are ready.
- Allow the cupcakes to cool before frosting.
Lemon Buttercream Frosting
- Add the cream cheese, butter, confectioners sugar, vanilla extract and lemon juice to a large bowl.
- Use an electric hand mixer or stand mixer to combine the ingredients.
- Once smooth and creamy, spread the frosting on the cupcakes or use a piping bag to pipe the frosting on the cupcakes.
Notes
- This recipe can be used to make 48 mini-cupcakes. If making mini-cupcakes, bake for 13-15 minutes.
- If using a ziplock bag to pipe the cupcakes into the muffin pan or to frost the cupcakes, make sure it is not a "stand and fill" bag. These bags are pleated at the bottom and therefore it will not work to cut a small hole in the corner of the bag for piping.
Nutrition Facts
Calories 302kcal (15%)Carbohydrates 36g (12%)Protein 4g (8%)Fat 16g (25%)Saturated Fat 9g (45%)Cholesterol 72mg (24%)Sodium 159mg (7%)Potassium 116mg (3%)Sugar 23g (26%)Vitamin A 565mg (11%)Vitamin C 1.7mg (2%)Calcium 60mg (6%)Iron 1mg (6%)
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