Lemon cupcakes

These wonderful cupcakes are a perfect gift to all lovers of lemon pastries. The cupcakes are reasonably sweet, perfectly light thanks to its texture, with a gorgeous curd cheese cap! They come out very soft, yellowish and fragrant.
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Lemon cupcakes

Ingredients

Cupcakes
eggs
2pc
flour
200g
7oz
0.80cup
13.40tbsp
sugar
160g
5.60oz
0.64cup
10.72tbsp
vegetable oil
60g
2.03fl oz
butter
60g
2.10oz
4tbsp
greek yoghurt / sour cream
100g
3.50oz
0.40cup
6.70tbsp
lemon juice
25g
0.85fl oz
lemon zest
1pc
baking power
7g
0.25oz
0.47tbsp
turmeric
1pinch
Cheese caps
cream cheese
400g
14oz
1.60cup
26.80tbsp
butter 82.5%
120g
4.20oz
0.48cup
8tbsp
powdered sugar
50g
1.75oz
3.35tbsp

Method

Ingredients

For the lemon cupcakes:

  • 2 eggs
  • 200 g flour | 7.05 oz
  • 160 g sugar | 5.65 oz
  • 60 g vegetable oil (olive/sunflower) | 2.10 oz
  • 60 g butter | 2.10 oz
  • 100 grams of Greek yoghurt / sour cream | 3.55 oz
  • 25 g lemon juice | 0.90 oz
  • zest from 1 lemon
  • 7 g baking powder | 0.25 oz
  • a pinch of turmeric for color

For the cheese caps:

  • 400g cream cheese | 14.10 oz
  • 120g butter 82.5% | 4.25 oz
  • 50g powdered sugar | 1.75 oz

Cooking

  1. All products should be at room temperature. Whip eggs with sugar. Add softened butter, and then vegetable oil, mush the mass well each time until smooth. Next, add sour cream or natural yoghurt, lemon juice and zest.
  2. In a separate bowl, mix the flour and baking powder, and sift. You can add a pinch of turmeric to the dough to get a beautiful yellow color. But first mix it with the flour!
  3. Whip dry and wet ingredients until smooth.
  4. Fill the molds 2/3 with dough and bake in an oven preheated to 356F for 20 to 25 minutes.
  5. For the custard: whisk the softened butter with powdered sugar and cream cheese and whip until smooth. You can also add lemon zest to the custard. 

Decorate the cupcakes with the custard and enjoy!