Lemon cream cupcakes
Lemon cream cupcakes recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 3/4 cup, 1 1/2 sticks, unsalted butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 6 large eggs
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 1/4 cups cake flour or all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
- 3/4 cup cream cheese, softened
- Confectioners sugar, for dusting, optional
Recipe method:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line muffin tin with cupcake paper.
- Combine the butter and 1 1/4 cups of the sugar in a large bowl and beat with the mixer on medium-high until fluffy.
- Add the eggs and 3 tablespoons of the lemon juice and beat until well combined, scraping down the bowl once or twice as necessary.
- Mix in the flour, baking powder, salt and 2 teaspoons of the lemon zest until just combined.
- In a small bowl, mash together the cream cheese and remaining 1/4 cup sugar, remaining 1 tablespoon lemon juice and remaining 1 teaspoon lemon zest until combined.
- Spoon about 3 tablespoons of the batter into each muffin cup.
- Place about 1 tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture on top of each portion of batter and cover the cheese with some of the remaining batter. The batter should reach 3/4 of the way to the top of each cup.
- Bake until golden, about 20 minutes.
- Let the cupcakes cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning over onto the wire rack to cool completely.
- Use a sifter to sprinkle confectioners before serving.
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