One of my favourites flavours to bake with after chocolate has got to be lemon. I’ve made these lemon cupcakes multiple times and I’m so glad I’ve finally got round to sharing the recipe with you! Everything about these cupcakes is lemon, from the lemon zest infused sponge, to the sweet lemon flavoured buttercream and of course the gooey lemon curd centre. I’ve used all yellow decorations to let everyone know that these cupcakes are all about lemon!
I started by creaming together the butter, sugar and lemon zest.
Then I added the eggs and whisked them in, then whisked in the self raising flour.
I separated the batter between 12 yellow cupcake cases in a muffin tin.
And I baked them for 20-25 minutes until they were golden brown.
Once they were fully cool I used a cupcake corer to make a hole in the middle of each cupcake.
I filled the holes with lemon curd.
To make the buttercream I mixed together the icing sugar, butter and lemon extract until it was smooth.
I piped it onto the cupcakes using a Wilton 2D nozzle.
I added jelly lemon slices and yellow hundred and thousands to decorate the lemon cupcakes.
They are absolute lemon heaven! The lemon curd that oozes out when you take a bite is definitely the best bit, but the light sponge and sweet buttercream are pretty darn tasty too!
I’m linking this recipe up with Cook Blog Share hosted by Recipes Made Easy, Bake of the Week hosted by Mummy Mishaps, Recipe of the Week hosted by A Mummy Too, and Fiesta Fridays hosted by Food Eat Love and The Not So Creative Cook.
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Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Curd Filling
Ingredients
For the sponge
- 175 g Butter
- 175 g Caster sugar
- 2 Lemons zested
- 3 Eggs
- 175 g Self raising flour
- 1 jar of Lemon curd
For the buttercream
- 200 g Butter or Baking spread
- 400 g Icing sugar
- 2 tsp Lemon extract
For decoration
- Yellow 100s and 1000s optional
- Lemon jelly slices optional
Instructions
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Pre heat your oven to 160C Fan/180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 and line a muffin tin with 12 yellow cupcake cases (if you can't find yellow ones any colour will do)
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Cream together the butter, sugar and lemon zest until light and fluffy
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Add the eggs one at a time and whisk them in throughly, then gently whisk in the self raising flour
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Separate the batter between the cupcake cases
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Bake them for 20-25 minutes until they are golden brown and a skewer inserted comes out clean, leave them on a cooling rack to fully cool
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Use a cupcake corer or a knife to make a hole in the middle of each cupcake
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Fill the holes with lemon curd. You can do this using a spoon or put the lemon curd into a small piping bag, snip the end off and pipe it in
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To make the buttercream mix together the icing sugar and butter using an electric hand whisk or food mixer until they start to come together, then add the lemon extract and mix until smooth
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Put the buttercream into a large piping bag fitted with a Wilton 2D nozzle, or other nozzle of your choice and pipe it onto the cupcakes
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Decorate with jelly lemon slices and yellow hundred and thousands, or any sprinkles of your choice
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Oh yes Im with you love all things lemon. These cupcakes really are my cup of tea . Thank you for sharing on #CookBlogShare
Thanks Jacqui – lemon is so tasty!
I was lucky enough to try one of these at the weekend.
Unbelievably nice cupcake!
I’d definitely visit more often if I knew there would be cake this good waiting for me.
I’m so glad you enjoyed them Mick! There’s (almost) always cake at our house!
Thanks for the cakes this weekend! The lemony middle was amazing – Funnily enough I’m eat more of your cake now 🙂
You are very welcome! And I have no doubt you’ll be back for more 😀
These look wonderful – I love the surprise center of lemon curd and the lemon candies on top! It’s hard to imagine a more lemon-packed dessert. Yum!
Thank you! That is exactly what I was aiming for 😀
I love lemon cake – my mum does too, so she would also be very happy to taste one of these. They look so fresh and pretty and what a lovely zesty filling inside too!
Thanks for linking to #Bakeoftheweek x
Thanks Jenny! The zesty filling is the best surprise!
You are not joking around! My husband is obsessed with lemon anything baked. I hope I can replicate these (I mean they are just so perfect) and will pair them with a Hefeweizen. Pinned!
Thank you Milena! I hope you and your husband enjoy them!
I love a full on lemon cake Kate – and that you made it abundantly clear these were lemon cupcakes with the decoration right down to the yellow cupcake cases 🙂 Attention to detail, love it 😀
Angela x
Thank you Angela! Haha yes I didn’t leave anything to guesswork!
Oh Wow!!! These look simply irresistible they look so pretty too. They have been featured in my CookBlogShare round up this week and I hope to see you there this week x
Thanks so much for featuring me!!
That lemon curd gorgeousness oozing out and generally all that lemon! Perfection and so pretty too! x
Thank you Jo!
Such pretty cupcakes! Lemon is always a favorite. Thank you for sharing at Fiesta Friday 🙂
Thank you Petra! It’s a big favourite of mine too 🙂
Another very satisfied customer of these cakes here! Brilliantly explained but I’m sure I couldn’t make them as well as the author…
Thank you James! I’m sure you could make them just as delicious!
I never used to be a big lemon fan, but now I love it. These look so yummy! I bet the lemon curd is the best part. Mmm…
I’m so glad you enjoy lemon now, it really is delicious, and yes especially the lemon curd!