Lemony cupcakes with crushed raspberry icing

10 Feb

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.

Tags: baking, cupcakes, easy, Kate Gibbs, lemon, raspberry, recipe

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28 Responses to “Lemony cupcakes with crushed raspberry icing”

Heather (Sweet Precision) February 10, 2013 at 4:40 am #

Looks wonderfully refreshing!!

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- thehungrymum February 10, 2013 at 7:07 am #
  
  Perfect for the sticky summer Sydney weather 🙂
  
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Merryn February 10, 2013 at 5:36 am #

Sounds lovely!

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- thehungrymum February 10, 2013 at 7:06 am #
  
  I love lemon in baked goods, is a nice contrast to the sweetness. Plus the smell of grated lemon zest – swoon.
  
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littlemisswelsteadscookeryclass February 10, 2013 at 6:08 am #

These look beautiful!

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- thehungrymum February 10, 2013 at 8:49 am #
  
  Cheers 🙂
  
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Foodie Joanie February 10, 2013 at 2:48 pm #

What a delicious idea for Valentine’s!

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- thehungrymum February 10, 2013 at 11:26 pm #
  
  Cheers! I keep forgetting about Valentine’s Day – it isn’t really big here in Australia 🙂
  
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easycraftsforchildren February 10, 2013 at 3:56 pm #

Looks yummy !!

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- thehungrymum February 10, 2013 at 11:27 pm #
  
  Thanks 🙂
  
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gottagetbaked February 10, 2013 at 3:58 pm #

Yum, what a fabulous mix of flavours. These cupcake liners are just too cute – perfect for Valentines Day!

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- thehungrymum February 10, 2013 at 11:26 pm #
  
  Thanks! I have such a weakness for cute cupcake wrappers 🙂
  
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Christine @ Cooking Crusade February 11, 2013 at 7:38 am #

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 🙂

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- thehungrymum February 12, 2013 at 10:29 am #
  
  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
  
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Choc Chip Uru February 11, 2013 at 8:34 pm #

That looks so cute and perfect for valentines day 😀

Cheers
Choc Chip Uru

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- thehungrymum February 12, 2013 at 10:14 am #
  
  thanks CCU!
  
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ButterSugarFlowers February 11, 2013 at 11:21 pm #

Yum! I wish I had one of these right now. And those paper liners are so pretty!

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- thehungrymum February 12, 2013 at 10:14 am #
  
  Cheers for your sweet words! I love those liners but that was the last of them 😦
  
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Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella February 14, 2013 at 7:49 am #

They look lovely and so perfect for V Day! 😀

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- thehungrymum February 18, 2013 at 1:26 am #
  
  Thanks x
  
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Cass @foodmyfriend February 14, 2013 at 11:35 pm #

Happy Valentines Day! I wish I had one of your cupcakes to go with my cup of tea 🙂

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- thehungrymum February 18, 2013 at 1:26 am #
  
  Hehehe! Cheers.
  
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ParentingIsFunny February 19, 2013 at 1:11 am #

So fab looking. MMMmmm… MMM!

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- thehungrymum February 19, 2013 at 10:57 am #
  
  Thanks!
  
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deceptivedomestic March 7, 2013 at 9:47 pm #

these look wonderful! great color and so refreshing. lemon and raspberry… mm… the wheels of my mind are turning now! xx

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- thehungrymum March 8, 2013 at 10:04 am #
  
  thank you 🙂 Lemon is a friend to many but with raspberry it is more like BFF!
  
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Anne ~ Uni Homemaker March 11, 2013 at 8:15 pm #

That looks delicious! And I love your baking cups too –very cute.

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- thehungrymum March 12, 2013 at 9:28 am #
  
  Thanks! Am a sucker for cute baking stuff 🙂
  
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