Lemon Cream Cupcakes

Name: Lemon Cream Cupcakes
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 177 milliliters butter; 177 milliliters cream cheese, softened; 6 eggs at room temperature; 532 milliliters all-purpose flour; 59 milliliters fresh lemon juice; 2 teaspoons lemon zest; 1 teaspoons salt; 296 milliliters white sugar

You can never have too many American recipes, so give Lemon Cream Cupcakes Head to the store and pick up lemon juice, butter, sugar, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 35 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups, or line with paper muffin liners.

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Muffin Liners

Oven

Prepare the filling by beating 1/4 cup sugar, cream cheese, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and 1 teaspoon lemon zest with an electric mixer until smooth. Scoop the filling into a pastry bag, and set aside.

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Cream Cheese

Lemon Juice

Lemon Zest

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Pastry Bag

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl; set aside.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Mixing Bowl

Whisk

Beat butter and 1 1/4 cups sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color.

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add the eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to blend into the butter mixture before adding the next. Beat in 1/4 cup lemon juice and 2 teaspoons lemon zest with the last egg. Beat in the flour mixture, mixing until just incorporated.

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Lemon Juice

Lemon Zest

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Pour the batter into prepared pans, filling the muffin cups half full. Pipe about 1 tablespoon of the filling onto the center of each cupcake, then top with the remaining batter to fill the muffin cup 3/4 full.

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Cupcakes