SARAH'S LEMON CUPCAKES

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I love baking cupcakes and this is a mix of a few recipes i've tried. Really yummy citrus icing gives them a tang.

Provided by sarahjane_connett

Time 25m

Yield Makes Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 10

Cake ingrediants
110g butter
110g caster sugar
2 eggs
75g self-raising flour, sieved
3 drops lemon extract
175g icing sugar, sieved
3 to 4 tablespoons of lemon juice from a fresh lemon
Lemon rind zest
3 drops of yellow food colouring

Steps:

  • Pre-heat oven to Gas Mark 4. Put baking cases into a 12 cake/muffin tray.
  • Cream the butter and sugar
  • Beat in the eggs and the lemon extract
  • Add the flour, beat the mixture until lump free (I use an electric beater).
  • Place spoonfuls of the mixture into the baking cases and bake for about 20/25 minutes (check with a skewer). Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a cooling rack.
  • Add lemon juice to the icing sugar, one tablespoon at a time until the icing is smooth but not too runny. Add food colouring.
  • Spread icing on each cupcake (cakes should be cool), I put a dollop of icing in the centre of each cake, let it settle outwards naturally and push out lightly to edges of the cupcake with a knife. As the cupcake tops are quite moist, you’ll get crumbs in the icing if you spread roughly.
  • Sprinkle lemon rind on to icing

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