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Lemon Cupcakes

Recipe by Rachel Allen from Rachel Allen Bake!

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I love these zesty little treats with an afternoon cup of tea. Makes 12 cupcakes.

Ingredients

125g (4 ½ oz) butter, softened
125g (4 ½ oz) caster sugar
Finely grated zest ½ large lemon (keeping the zest of the remaining ½ lemon for the lemon icing)
2 eggs, beaten
150g (5oz) plain flour
¼ tsp baking powder

For the lemon butter icing

75g (3oz) butter, softened
175g (6oz) icing sugar, sifted
Finely grated zest of ½ large lemon
1–2 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
12 crystallised flowers (optional)

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Method

Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF), Gas mark 4. Line a 12-hole cake tin with 12 paper cases.
Cream the butter in a large bowl or in an electric food mixer until soft. Add the sugar and grated lemon zest and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy. Gradually add the beaten eggs, then sift in the flour and baking powder and fold into the mixture. Alternatively, whiz all the ingredients together in an electric food mixer.
Divide the mixture between the paper cases and bake in the preheated oven for 7–10 minutes, until risen and golden. When cooked, the centre of each cake should be slightly springy to the touch. Remove the cakes from the tin and place on a wire rack to cool before you ice them.
To make the lemon butter icing, cream the butter in a bowl with a wooden spoon or hand-held electric beater until very soft. Gradually add the icing sugar and beat into the butter, along with the lemon zest and enough lemon juice to soften the icing, to a spreadable consistency.
When the cupcakes are cool, spread a generous heaped teaspoon of lemon butter icing over the top of each one. Decorate with the crystallised flowers (if using).

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Antoinette 2 months ago

Easy to make turned out wonderful

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Littlemissmuffet May 2010

My extended family has a contest cooking a different food a few times a year.. This is husbands, wives, and children. We receive a prize for the best looking, best taste etc., As everyone is saying how lovely these cupcakes are I will try these cupcakes next week b4 the contest. I will try them with a little more baking powder, more milk and lemon juice as a few have suggested. I will let you know. Thanks you

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allegra13 April 2010

yum

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AnnaCharm March 2010

these were fantastic! i put a little more baking powder, about a teaspoon, and some milk and lemon juice as mumof3 suggested, turned out wonderfully! Also baked for about 15mins.

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MsMandy February 2010

I've got the little cakes cooling on a rack now. They smell delicious and were really easy to make - hope they taste good too! This recipe only made 9 cupcakes for me, so I'll probably double it next time for my hungry hoardes

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ruq October 2009

oh my goodness!these are beautiful!theyve gone down a storm with everyone thats tasted them!so light and fluffy and quite subtle in the lemon flavour,doesnt leave a strong nasty aftertaste like i find a lot of lemon cakes do.only thing i had to change is the baking time,i was having to leave them in for about 15mins.i normally dont go on what the reviews say,because different people have different tastes,but these will please everyone.you wont find better cupcakes!thanks for the recipe.

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N ELLIS August 2009

GOING TO MAKE HESE NOW I WLL LET YOU KNOW?????????

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mumof3 July 2009

Made these today and they were/are lovely. I added a little milk and lemon juice to the batter because I wanted more zing, and I made the icing with home made lemon curd added. Yum!

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kristi June 2009

omg to die for........

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Erin June 2009

I've just made these cupcakes and they're so good!!

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Brooke June 2009

hi there people, I'm trying the lemon cupcakes tomorrow hopefully they're yummy! =)

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