Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 150 g unsalted butter
- 150 g caster sugar
- 175 g self-rising flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon
Icing
- 150 g unsalted butter
- 250 g icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons hot water
- 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon
Steps
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Line 12 cupcake pan cups with paper liners.
- Sift the self-rising flour, butter, sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, and lemon together in a bowl.
- Beat the mix for 2 mins until creamy and light. Do not over mix.
- Fill the prepared cupcake liners with batter 3/4 full, and bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
- It is cooked if a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Let the cupcakes cool on a wire rack
- To make the icing, place icing sugar and butter into a bowl and beat until smooth and creamy.
- Add the vanilla extract, hot water and grated lemon rind and beat unit smooth.
- Once the cupcakes have cooled, pipe the mixture evenly onto them.
- Enjoy
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Yummy! I love lemon and I love frosting! This looks so irresistible!
I am glad it turned out good. I am making some more this weekend for one of my pregnant friend. take care.
I wanna buy my own oven now and bake some goodies like this. Looks irresistibly delicious. 🙂
Oven is a good investment as you can bake sweets as well as roast meat and veggis too 🙂
now I know what to buy on my payday. hahaha. I miss baking. Last January I took short course certificate on Bread and Pastry Making.
You must be really good at baking . I wanted to do a class on decorating cakes. Hope one day I will go 🙂
Not really. Hahaha.
you became a cooking spree and I am longing for this cupcakes now 🙂 🙂 🙂 loving it 🙂
I love to bake and my hubby loves to eat them 🙂 🙂 🙂
and I love to gaze 🙂 please make, I will try it in future 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 you never know how much your things will help to the people like me 🙂
Sure. I will keep posting more recipe 🙂
yummy…I love lemon tart and lemon cake…I will try making this if I can 🙂
Lemon tarts are my favourite too 🙂
yes they are just so yummy and I find the lamington very nice too..so u live in Nepal or Australia?
I am not big fan of Lamington because of coconut on them. I live in Sydney, Australia 🙂
oh really u live in Sydney…no wonder I saw ur pics around Opera house…we shud catch up some time then 🙂
Sure, where do you live?
I am going to make these today! Right after I mow my property! Thanks for sharing!!!!! 🙂
Enjoy them. They are simple and yummy 🙂
Cup cakes are my favourite for everything! When I’m down I search for one. 🙂
They just give off happy endorphins! 🙂
Love this simple recipe. Not into complicated cooking! Lol
Made your past with mushrooms? Yum!!
Hugs Paula xxxx
Glad that you enjoyed the pasta :). Try the cupcakes too 🙂
I wrote the recipe in my book last night.
Xxxx
Looks very yummy! :)♥
Try it as it is easy too :). How have you been sis?
oh, they look so inviting! 🙂 I love baking and not having an oven here in Nepal, is absolutely the worst. I miss baking.
And they are so easy too. I am lucky that we have oven in Kathmandu as well so I can try few recipes while I holiday there.
You made it by yourself? Wow! I think I have to travel to Australia for the treat or are you coming to Kathmandu anytime soon? 😉 lollll
Nice one. It looks delicious. Oh, I can’t have it. 😦
You are always welcome here and I promise you that I will bake for you 🙂