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Little Lemon Cupcakes
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Easy Lemon Cupcakes

Simple & Easy Lemon Cupcakes, perfect for the kids to make
Course Cakes
Cuisine English
Keyword fairy cakes, kids cooking
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 323kcal

Ingredients

  • 125 g Butter room temp
  • 125 g Caster Sugar
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 125 g Self-Raising Flour
  • 1 lemon grate zest (juice of half)
  • Drop of milk
  • Icing
  • 125 g Butter room temp
  • 250 g Icing Sugar
  • Juice 1/2 lemon

Instructions

  • Preheat oven 170C / 350F / Gas 4
  • Using a muffin tin or Yorkshire Pudding tin use 12 muffin cases (all sorts of nice ones around) 
  • Cream Butter & Sugar until light and fluffy
  • Add 1 egg at a time making sure it doesn't curdle (if it does add some of the flour)
  • Add Lemon Zest and flour, mix well
  • Finally add lemon juice and milk
  • Spoon equally into 12 muffin cakes and bake for approx. 20-25 minutes
  • Next make the icing by creaming the butter with the icing sugar until very light and fluffy - probably better with electric mixer
  • When the cupcakes are totally cold spoon or pipe on the icing
  • Decorate how you like - there are lots of lovely bits to decorate in most supermarkets

Notes

*** All nutritional information is approximate and intended as a guide 

Nutrition

Calories: 323kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 72mg | Sodium: 161mg | Potassium: 41mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 566IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg