Super Lemon and Lime Cupcakes
These cupcakes are super and are extra delicious on a hot day when you want something sweet with a nice hint of lemon and lime freshness.
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Super Lemon and Lime Cupcakes
These cupcakes are super and are extra delicious on a hot day when you want something sweet with a nice hint of lemon and lime freshness.
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| Servings | Prep Time |
| 15cupcakes | 20minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 30minutes |
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Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 250g buttersoft
- 160g caster sugarfine sugar
- 1teaspoon vanilla extract
- 50ml buttermilk
- 200g self-raising floursifted
- 2 lemonszest of 2 lemons
- 1portion lime buttercreamAwesome Lime Buttercream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 175°C/350°F. Prepare a muffin tin or a baking tray with 15-20 paper cups.
- Mix butter, sugar, vanilla and lemon rind in a mixer on medium speed.
- In a bowl, whisk eggs and add buttermilk.
- When the butter mixture is creamy, add half the egg mixture to it. When the egg mixture is incorporated into the butter mixture add half the flour. Once the flour is incorporated into the batter add the other half of the egg mixture and the other half of the flour in the same way. Mix for another half minute and fill the paper cups by 2/3 with the batter.
- Bake the cupcakes in the centre of the oven for about 25-30 minutes until they firm up. The cupcakes are ready when a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Let them cool for a while and put them on a wire rack.
- Top cupcakes with Lime Buttercream.
Recipe Notes
You can use my Awesome Lime Buttercream recipe to make the topping.