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Lemon Cupcakes with Raspberry Buttercream

March 25, 2020 by Jaida 2 Comments

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These light and fluffy Lemon Cupcakes with sweet Raspberry Buttercream are the perfect, refreshing dessert to kick off spring!

This post is sponsored in conjunction with #SpringSweetsWeek. I received product samples from sponsor companies to help in the creation of the #SpringSweetsWeek recipes. All opinions are mine alone.

Top view cupcakes with raspberries, lemon half and lavender stem

I sort of have a thing for cupcakes with fruity frosting when spring comes around. But I have a “thing” for lemon anything all year long. If you’ve been with me for any amount of time, this is a well-known fact. So, of course I had to make a lemon cupcake! And I can think of fewer perfect fruity flavors for the buttercream frosting than raspberry. Because…lemon and raspberry are sort of meant to be together, and all that jazz. Wouldn’t you agree??

I took part of these to work, and sent the other half to Nat’s daycare – where she proudly proclaimed that, “My mommy made these!” to all her little friends. It was pretty adorable.

So are these cupcakes. And you need them. Especially in these uncertain times. They’ll bring a little sunshine into your home!

Top view cupcakes with frosting in muffin tin

What you need to make Lemon Cupcakes:

Milk, room temperature
Egg whites, room temperature
Lemon juice
Lemon Zest
Cake flour
Granulated sugar
Baking powder
Salt
Unsalted butter, softened but still cool

Ingredients

How to make Lemon Cupcakes:

Full Printable Recipe Below!

1.) Set oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two 12-cup muffin tins with cupcake liners or spray with cooking spray, and set aside.
2.) Pour milk, egg whites, lemon juice and zest into 2-cup measuring cup, and mix with fork until blended.
3.) Mix cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in bowl of electric mixer on low speed. Add butter and continue mixing on low speed until mixture resembles moist crumbs, with no powdery streaks remaining.
4.) Add all but 1/2 cup of milk mixture to crumbs and beat at medium speed for 1½ minutes. Add remaining 1/2 cup of milk mixture and mix an additional 30 seconds, scrape down the sides and then mix 20 seconds more.
5.) Divide batter evenly into prepared cups. Bake until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 15-17 minutes (8-11 for miniature).
6.) Cool completely before frosting.

Process shots

How to make killer raspberry buttercream:

1.) In a small saucepan combine raspberries and lemon juice; bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook, stirring constantly and gently smashing the blueberries, until thickened and reduced, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
2.) Using a fine-mesh strainer over a small bowl, pour in the raspberry puree and push through the strainer with a spatual, which will give you smooth puree with no seeds. Set aside to cool.
3.) In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the softened butter on medium-high speed (scraping down the sides as needed) until completely smooth, about 2 minutes. Add in the raspberry puree and beat until completely combined, about 1 minute (the mixture may look very “wet”, but don’t worry!) Add in the confectioners sugar, one cup at a time, on low speed. Once all of the sugar has been added, add in the lemon juice and salt, then beat on high-speed for a full 2 minutes. Now the frosting will thicken up and look as it should!
4.) Add frosting to piping bag with tip of choice and decorate as desired, then top with fresh raspberries and lemon slices, if desired!

Single lemon cupcake with raspberry buttercream on white pedastal with cupckaes and raspberry on brown board and in muffin tin

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Lemon Cupcakes with Raspberry Buttercream

These light and fluffy Lemon Cupcakes with sweet Raspberry Buttercream are the perfect, refreshing dessert to kick off spring!
4 from 1 vote
Print Pin Rate
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Lemon Cupcakes
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cooling Time: 30 minutes minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes minutes
Servings: 24 cupcakes
Author: Jaida

Ingredients

For the cupcakes:

  • 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk room temperature
  • 6 large egg whites 3/4 cup, room temperature
  • 3 tsp lemon juice
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • 2 1/4 cups cake flour
  • 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 12 Tbsp 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter softened but still cool

For the Raspberry Buttercream:

  • 6 oz fresh raspberries*
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 cup unsalted butter VERY soft
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 1/2 cups Dixie Crystals confectioners sugar more if needed, sifted
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice more if needed
  • Fresh raspberries & lemon slices for topping (optional)

Instructions

  • Set oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two 12-cup muffin tins with cupcake liners or spray with cooking spray, and set aside.
  • Pour milk, egg whites, lemon juice and zest into 2-cup measuring cup, and mix with fork until blended.
  • Mix cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in bowl of electric mixer on low speed. Add butter and continue mixing on low speed until mixture resembles moist crumbs, with no powdery streaks remaining.
  • Add all but 1/2 cup of milk mixture to crumbs and beat at medium speed for 1½ minutes. Add remaining 1/2 cup of milk mixture and mix an additional 30 seconds, scrape down the sides and then mix 20 seconds more.
  • Divide batter evenly into prepared cups. Bake until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 15-17 minutes (8-11 for miniature).
  • Cool completely before frosting.

For the Raspberry Buttercream:

  • In a small saucepan combine raspberries and lemon juice; bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook, stirring constantly and gently smashing the blueberries, until thickened and reduced, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
  • Using a fine-mesh strainer over a small bowl, pour in the raspberry puree and push through the strainer with a spatual, which will give you smooth puree with no seeds. Set aside to cool.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the softened butter on medium-high speed (scraping down the sides as needed) until completely smooth, about 2 minutes. Add in the raspberry puree and beat until completely combined, about 1 minute (the mixture may look very “wet”, but don’t worry!) Add in the confectioners sugar, one cup at a time, on low speed. Once all of the sugar has been added, add in the lemon juice and salt, then beat on high-speed for a full 2 minutes. Now the frosting will thicken up and look as it should!
  • Add frosting to piping bag with tip of choice and decorate as desired, then top with fresh raspberries and lemon slices, if desired!

Notes

*You can use frozen raspberries – do not thaw if you do this.
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  1. Colleen - Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck

    March 25, 2020 at 7:31 pm

    More pretty cupcakes! Just what the world needs! Seriously! Bring on the pretty pink cupcakes!

    Reply
  2. Vanessa

    January 12, 2021 at 7:35 pm

    4 stars
    Well I feel like I should start off saying I used all purpose flour instead of cake flour and the bread on the cup cake was really good. The frosting was a bit too sweet for my tastes but if I added any less it would have been too sour but I think that’s just personal preference at that point because it was still good and over all I really liked this recipe ☺️

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