Lemon Diva Cupcakes

Lemon Diva Cupcakes

Ingredients

·         100g Unsalted butter, softened

·         ¾ Cup Caster sugar

·         ½ tsp. Vanilla extract

·         Finely grated zest of 3 lemons

·         2 eggs

·         1 Cup self-raising flour

·         ½ cup milk

Icing

·         125g Unsalted butter, softened

·         2 cups Icing sugar

·         1 ½ Tbsp. Lemon juice

·         Yellow food colouring {optional}

Method

Preheat oven to 180˚c. Using an electric beater, beat butter, sugar and vanilla extract until light and creamy. Mix through lemon zest. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each egg. Gently fold through the flour and milk in two alternate batches. Divide the mixture evenly among the cases. Bake for about 20mins, or until golden brown. Cool completely before icing.

To make the icing – use an electric beater to beat the butter until light and creamy. Add the icing sugar a little at a time beating consistently. Add half the lemon juice and beat until well combined then add the remaining lemon juice a little at a time with food colouring.

Note – to make lime sublime use zest of 6 limes and 2 Tbsp. lime juice – for clockwork orange use zest of 2 oranges and 2 Tbsp. orange juice.