Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Frosting

Happy Easter!!

For my first of many recipes to come, I thought we would start out with a lemon cupcake with lemon frosting. My recipe makes 2 dozen cupcakes

Cupcake Ingredients (makes 2 dozen)

3 cups flour
1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cup butter (room temp)
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons lemon zest
1 cup milk
2 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In medium bowl, combine the flour and salt.  In large bowl cream butter and sugar. Next add the eggs one at a time, stirring inbetween each egg. Then add vanilla and lemon zest. After all is mixed together, alternate adding the flour mix, milk, and lemon juice. Spoon into cupcake lineres in pan about 3/4 full ( I use ice cream scooper to fill mine). Bake 20-25 min. Cool in pan for 10 min after you take then out of oven, then ice.

Icing Ingredients

1 cup butter (room temp)
3 cups powdered sugar
4 tablespoons lemon juice
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
3-4 tablespoons of milk
1 teaspoon lemon zest

In large bowl combine butter and half of powdered sugar. Then add lemon juice, vanilla, and lemon zest. Then slowly add more powdered sugar and the milk to you reach constsancy you like. Fill piping bag or spoon into cupcakes. I also garnished mine with a Robin Egg candy for Easter

Hope you enjoy these cupcakes and come back to my page for mopre recipes.