Best Sarahs Lemon Cupcakes Recipes

LEMON CUPCAKES

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Here is a recipe I use for beautifully delicious lemon cupcakes. Ideally, you'd use buttercream frosting to ice cupcakes, but I tried these with Lemon Cream Icing for a less buttery icing, and they were perfect! These cupcakes are truly lighter than air and will melt in your mouth.

Provided by friedbluetomato

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Lemon Dessert Recipes

Time 1h25m

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

3 cups self-rising flour
½ 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 ½ tablespoons fresh lemon juice, divided
2 cups chilled heavy cream
¾ cup confectioners' sugar
1 ½ tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (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 center 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 confectioners' 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. Refrigerate leftovers.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 232 calories, Carbohydrate 26.7 g, Cholesterol 63.6 mg, Fat 13.1 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 7.9 g, Sodium 259.8 mg, Sugar 16.8 g

LEMON MERINGUE CUPCAKES

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Provided by Food Network

Categories dessert

Time 1h45m

Yield 24 cupcakes

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

One 15.25-ounce box lemon cake mix (or yellow cake mix with 1 tablespoon lemon extract added)
1 cup lemon curd
4 large egg whites
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4 cup sugar

Steps:

Prepare the lemon cake mix according to the package instructions to make 24 cupcakes. Let cool completely.
Using a melon baller or small spoon, scoop out a well from the top center of each cupcake. Trim the bottoms of the scooped pieces of cake to use as plugs.
Place about 2 teaspoons lemon curd into the well of each cupcake and plug the hole with the reserved trimmed cake pieces.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the egg whites and cream of tartar. Mix the egg whites on medium-high speed until frothy, about 1 minute. Slowly pour in the sugar and continue to beat until the egg whites are glossy and form stiff peaks, about 5 minutes.
Fit a pastry bag with a medium to large round pastry tip. Fill the pastry bag with the meringue. Pipe the meringue in a circular motion on top of each cupcake. Transfer the cupcakes to a sheet tray. Use a kitchen torch to toast the meringue tops until nicely browned, like a toasted marshmallow.