Amazing Lemon Cupcake Recipe
This amazing lemon cupcake recipe is delicious and full of that lemony flavor everyone loves! Topped with a lemony cream cheese frosting these are perfect for spring and summer!
Servings 12 Cupcakes
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, grapefruit 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
*You can use all-purpose flour if you need to. *Refrigerating the frosting will also help it to thicken and will pipe on nicely to the cupcakes.