Description
Soft vanilla cupcakes filled with tangy lemon curd and topped with creamy lemon frosting.
Ingredients
Scale
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 tablespoon lemon zest
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
1. Prepare cupcake batter.
2. Bake until golden.
3. Make lemon curd.
4. Cool curd completely.
5. Fill cupcakes with curd.
6. Prepare frosting.
7. Pipe frosting on top.
8. Serve chilled.
Notes
Use fresh lemons.
Cool curd before filling.
Do not overbake cupcakes.
Store refrigerated.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 295 kcal
- Sugar: 28 g
- Sodium: 140 mg
- Fat: 13 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 39 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg