So it was my Bestie's Birthday this week and she decided to have a picnic. I offered to bake cupcakes for her and asked what type of cupcake she wanted. To which she replied, 'lemon'. That's when I said 'LEMON?'. Yes Lemon. So I looked through all my recipes and found out that I did actually have quite a few lemon cupcake recipes. But the problem was I am not really a lemon person, so too speak, so I had never baked any of them or tried them out before. I was heading into uncharted waters.
I found a lemon cake recipe that looked delicious and adapted it slightly to create these delicious cupcakes.When I tried one of the cupcakes I was actually pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. I suppose maybe I could become a lemon person.
To make the chocolate letters I melted about 80g of chocolate. I let it cool for a minute or two. I then put it into a piping bag and piper the words out onto a piece of baking paper (you can also do this on any dry, clean surface). You wait for the letters to dry and harden (I let them sit for about 45 minutes). You can then carefully lift them off the paper. I used a little bit of left over icing to 'stick' each letter to a cupcake.
TA-DA! A delicious way to send a message!
Moist Lemon Cupcakes
Makes 12
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup sugar
3 large eggs
½ cup butter, softened
1/3 cup of milk
1 T. Finely grated lemon zest
1 ½ t. Baking powder
¼ t. Salt
Method:
1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees. Place cupcake papers in muffin trays.
2. Beat flour, sugar, eggs, butter, milk, lemon zest, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl with an electric mixer at a low speed until blended. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat until pale and thick, 3-4 minutes.
3. Spoon the batter into the cupcake papers.
4. Bake for 10-15 minutes, or until risen or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
5. Cool the cupcakes completely on a rack.
Lemon Frosting
Ingredients:
2 cups confectioners’ (icing) sugar
3 T. Butter, softened
3 T. Freshly squeezed lemon juice
Method:
1. Beat the confectioners’ sugar and butter. You can add more or less confectioners’ sugar depending on how sweet you like your frosting.
2. Beat in the lemon juice.
3. Spread the cupcakes with the frosting.
