Love these lemon and lime cupcakes they are so delicious and easy to make by following the recipe below .. happy baking
Lemon And Lime Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes
110g /4oz / 2/3 cup self raising flour, sifted
110g /4oz /1/2 cup caster sugar (superfine) sugar
110g /4oz / 1/2 cup butter, softened
2 large egg
1 lemon, zest finely grated
1 lime, zest finely grated
To Decorate
100g/ 3 1/2 oz / 1/2 cup butter , softened
200g / 7oz /2 cups icing ( confectioner’s ) sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp lime juice
lemon zest strips for decoration and lemon jelly candy if desired
- Prepare the oven to 190°C ( 170 °C fan ) 375F/ gas 5 and then line a 12 hole cupcake tin with paper cases
- Combine the flour, sugar, butter and the eggs in a bowl and whisk together for about 2 minutes or until the mixture is smooth
- Divide the mixture evenly between the cake cases and then transfer to the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes
- Test them with a wooden toothpick , if it comes out clean then the cakes are cooked and are ready to come out of the oven
- Transfer the cupcakes onto a wire cooling rack to cool down
- Meanwhile place the butter for the frosting in a bowl and beat , gradually add the icing sugar ( confectioner’s) sugar and the lemon and lime juice beat until your frosting is smooth
- check that your cupcakes are cooled down place the frosting into a piping bag and pipe it onto your cupcakes a plain nozzle is usually the best here
- finish of your cupcakes by decorating them with the jelly candy and the lemon zest
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