Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Frosting

The lemon lovers in your life will devour these lemon cupcakes topped with a sweet lemon frosting.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 262 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• ½ cup butter, softened
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 3 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons lemon extract
• ⅔ cup cold milk
• ¾ cup white sugar, or more to taste
• 1 teaspoon milk, or more as needed
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar, or more as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease or line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.

Step 2

Beat white sugar, 1/2 cup butter, eggs, and 2 teaspoons lemon extract together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; add baking powder and salt and beat until smooth. Slowly mix flour, alternating with cold milk, into butter mixture until batter is just mixed. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes.

Step 4

Beat 3 tablespoons butter, 2 teaspoons lemon extract, and milk together until smooth. Beat confectioners' sugar into butter mixture until desired consistency is reached; spread onto cupcakes.