Simple Lemon Cupcakes

Name: Simple Lemon Cupcakes
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 125g Caster Sugar; 125g Butter (unsalted); 125g Self-Raising flour; 2 Eggs; 1 Whole Lemon; 100g Icing Sugar; 100g Butter (for icing) (optional); 100ml Water or Lemon juice (for icing) (optional)

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Cook: 30 mins

British

Ingredients

125g Caster Sugar
125g Butter (unsalted)
125g Self-Raising flour
2 Eggs
1 Whole Lemon
100g Icing Sugar
100g Butter (for icing) (optional)
100ml Water or Lemon juice (for icing) (optional)

Accompaniment

Description

Simple lemon cupcakes or one cake recipe, being used since I was 7 years old and gets a lot of compliments! Can be made with or without Royal or Butter icing.

Method

1
FOR THE CAKE.
preheat your oven to 180 C degrees.
Add caster sugar and the butter and mix together well.
Add eggs and the zest of the lemon, and stirr in the zest well.
Squeeze in the lemon juice and fold in the flour.
Spoon into seperate cases or cake tin.
Put in oven for 20 minutes.

FOR THE ICING
Mix icing sugar with butter or water and add some lemon juice, not too much juice as the cakes will taste tart.

Wait for the cakes to cool and decorate with the ising and other things if you fancy.

Chef's Tips

Decorate each cupcake with a maraschino cherry, a slice of glazed lemon rind and a fresh mint leaf. You can even sprinkle with demerara sugar if you fancy them a bit sweeter.