This amazing lemon cupcake recipe is everything you could want in a yummy cupcake! Each cupcake is topped with a sweet lemon cream cheese frosting. Could it get any better? I don't think so! Seriously amazing!
You guys, I love cupcakes! Last week I shared my grapefruit cupcakes, and a while ago I made orange marmalade cupcakes. I’ve also made chocolate cupcakes with a marshmallow frosting and next week I'm going to share my chocolate strawberry cupcakes with you all! I might have a problem... but maybe it’s not a problem, just a delicious opportunity!
Regardless, today I give you these amazing lemon cupcakes with a delicious lemon cream cheese frosting. The lemon flavor is bursting out of them and it is awesome!
For these cupcakes I used cake flour but if you don’t have any just use all purpose flour, it will be fine! The cake flour helps the cake be a little more crumbly but the cupcake will taste amazing regardless which flour you use.
The easy cream cheese frosting is super good and I love that you can change up the flavor by adding any extract you want. For these I obviously used lemon extract, but you can add vanilla, almond or any other extract! The frosting is even good plain!
Do you have a favorite cupcake? I’d love to know! Let me know if a comment below!
If you like this recipe check out my super easy chocolate cake pops or my Disneyland inspired Mint Juleps!
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Amazing Lemon Cupcake Recipe
Ingredients
Lemon Cupcake Recipe
- 1 ½ cups cake flour*
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 2 tbs lemon zest
- 3 tbs lemon juice
Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- 4-5 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tbs heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch salt
- 3 tbs lemon juice
- 1 tbs lemon zest
Instructions
How to make lemon cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl, set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar. Then add eggs and vanilla, making sure they are fully incorporated.
- Mix flour mixture into butter mixture until just combined.
- Add in buttermilk, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Mix until fully combined.
- Divide batter into 12 cupcakes.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting.
How to make lemon cream cheese frosting:
- With a hand mixer or a stand mixer, cream butter, cream cheese, heavy cream, vanilla, salt on medium high until fully combined.
- Add in powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, adding in lemon juice in intervals to help the powdered sugar incorporate. The more powdered sugar the stiffer the frosting. I like to use at least 4 cups.*
- Stir in the zest and frost your cupcakes!
- Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Karlton says
These look beautiful. I'm also going to have to read about your grapefruit cupcakes. So creative! My favorite: chocolate. It's timeless, and pairs well with so many frosting flavors.
Lisa says
Yes chocolate is hard to beat haha! And thanks!
Camila says
What super delicious cupcakes!!! I'm in love! I love anything lemon!
Lisa says
Me too girl!
Alisa Infanti says
That frosting recipe looks amazing. I just love lemon desserts. They are always such a refreshing way to end a meal.
Lisa says
Me too! So refreshing!
Leandi says
Oh wow! These are beautiful. I really like lemon flavoured things. These cupcakes look so soft and fluffy! Can't wait to try them.
Lisa says
Thank you!
Karlton says
These look amazing! I'm also very interested in the grapefruit flavor you mentioned. Can't wait to bake these up.
Lisa says
Thanks!
Linda | Brunch-n-Bites says
What a sweet way to celebrate Spring! Your cupcakes look absolutely stunning and I love how your add lemon zest to both cupcakes and frosting. So simply awesome.
Lisa says
Thank you!
Stephanie says
I love cupcakes! I haven't had one in quite a long time - I think it's time to fix that 🙂
Lisa says
Most definitely!
Anna says
That lemon cream cheese frosting looks amazing! My cupcakes never turn out this beautifully - I'll be sure to follow your recipe precisely!
Lisa says
You are sweet! I love using a Wilton 1M frosting tip for all my cupcakes! Once I started using that they started looking so pretty!
ma says
in instruction it is calling fir grapefruit juice
but in ingredient list its missing,?
Lisa says
Oh good catch! It was a typo- supposed to say lemon juice. Sorry about that- just fixed it!