Lemony Easter cupcakes
Decorate these cute cupcakes with speckled eggs for a delicious Easter treat
How long will it take?
1 hour 25 minutes
What’s the serving size?
Makes 30
What do I need?
- 3 cups self-rising flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 cups white sugar
- 4 eggs, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons lemon zest
- 1 cup whole milk, divided
- 2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, divided
Lemon Cream Icing
- 2 cups chilled heavy cream
- 3/4 cup icing sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
How do I make it?
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees C. Line 30 cupcake pan cups with paper liners.
- Sift the self-rising flour and salt together in a bowl. In another bowl, beat the unsalted butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating each egg until incorporated before adding the next. Mix in the vanilla extract and lemon zest.
- Gently beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture, one third at a time, alternating with half the milk and half the lemon juice after each of the first 2 additions of flour. Beat until just combined; do not over mix.
- Fill the prepared cupcake liners with batter 3/4 full, and bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean, about 17 minutes. Let the cupcakes cool in the pans for about 10 minutes before removing them to finish cooling on a rack.
- To make the icing, beat the cream in a chilled bowl with an electric mixer set on low until the cream begins to thicken. Add the icing sugar and lemon juice, a little at a time, beating after each addition, until fully incorporated. Increase the mixer speed to high, and beat until the icing forms soft peaks, about 5 minutes.
- Spread on the cooled cupcakes and decorate with Easter eggs. Refrigerate leftovers.
