Description
Delicious and light lemon cupcakes topped with fresh whipped cream and garnished with lemon slices.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cups All-Purpose Flour or Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tbsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 cup (2 Sticks) Unsalted Butter, Room Temp
- 2 cups White Granulated Sugar
- 4 large Eggs (Room Temp)
- 3 tbsp Lemon Zest (About 3 Lemons)
- 2 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- 1 pint Heavy Whipping Cream
- 8 tbsp Powdered Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- Frosting or Fresh Whipped Cream
- Sliced Lemon to Garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and fill a cupcake pan with liners.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition, scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Beat in the zest and vanilla extract.
- Add dry mixture alternating with buttermilk and lemon juice, beating just until combined after each addition.
- Divide the batter into cupcake liners.
- Bake at 350°F for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack after cook time.
- Frost with fresh whipped cream or frosting of your choice.
- If you are making the whipped cream in this recipe, add the whipping cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla into a mixing bowl. Whip this on high for about 3 minutes until the whipped cream is formed.
- Place the whipped cream into a decorator’s bag with the Wilton 1M tip and frost the cupcakes.
- Garnish with lemon slices.
Notes
- This recipe can be adapted for gluten-free options by using gluten-free flour.
- Feel free to adjust the sweetness of the whipped cream to taste.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 85mg