I had a hankering to bake something lemony this morning and trawled though pinterest, fav websites and some blogs. What caught my eye was a recipe for lemony cupcakes in the book After Toast by food writer Kate Gibbs.
Simple and light they are perfect for a morning tea when dusted with sifted icing sugar. Ms Gibbs includes a recipe for lemon icing but I instead used a crushed raspberry icing that Miss 7 had made for something she was baking [I’ll upload that recipe soon]. I then topped each cake with a single raspberry to make them look extra pretty and more suitable for the evening birthday soiree that I’ll be taking them to.
GATHER:
125g diced butter at room temperature
¼ cup caster sugar
zest for one large lemon
2 free range eggs
2 cups self-raising flour
vanilla
LET’S GET TO IT:
Preheat oven to 180C and line cupcake tin with wrappers [this made 12 large muffins and 6 small, patty-cake size ones].
In bowl of electric mixer cream butter then add sugar until soft and combined. Add vanilla, zest then eggs one at a time.
Gently fold flour in, alternating with milk,on low speed until smooth.
Spoon into cases and bake for between 12-15 minutes/ until golden.
Remove from oven, place on wore rack and allow to cool before adding any icing.
Looks wonderfully refreshing!!
Perfect for the sticky summer Sydney weather
Sounds lovely!
I love lemon in baked goods, is a nice contrast to the sweetness. Plus the smell of grated lemon zest – swoon.
These look beautiful!
Cheers
What a delicious idea for Valentine’s!
Cheers! I keep forgetting about Valentine’s Day – it isn’t really big here in Australia
Looks yummy !!
Thanks
Yum, what a fabulous mix of flavours. These cupcake liners are just too cute – perfect for Valentines Day!
Thanks! I have such a weakness for cute cupcake wrappers
These are so cute and I love raspberry and lemon as a combination. May I ask how much milk goes into these lovelies? Thank you
I left that out on purpose, just to see who was paying close attention. Gold star for you! Is 2/3 of a cup of milk. Thanks x
That looks so cute and perfect for valentines day
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
thanks CCU!
Yum! I wish I had one of these right now. And those paper liners are so pretty!
Cheers for your sweet words! I love those liners but that was the last of them
They look lovely and so perfect for V Day!
Thanks x
Happy Valentines Day! I wish I had one of your cupcakes to go with my cup of tea
Hehehe! Cheers.
So fab looking. MMMmmm… MMM!
Thanks!
these look wonderful! great color and so refreshing. lemon and raspberry… mm… the wheels of my mind are turning now! xx
thank you
Lemon is a friend to many but with raspberry it is more like BFF!
That looks delicious! And I love your baking cups too –very cute.
Thanks! Am a sucker for cute baking stuff