How To Make Gluten Free Lemon Juice Cupcakes

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How To Make Gluten Free Lemon Juice Cupcakes.

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Lemon juice cupcakes

How To Make Gluten-Free Lemon Juice Cupcakes

A delicious sweet and zesty recipe
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8

Equipment

  • 1 Mixing Bowl
  • 1 spatula
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 baking tray

Ingredients
  

Cake mix

  • 210 g of gluten-free all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder
  • 70 g of honey
  • 190 g of caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons of lemon juice
  • 110 g of butter

Buttercream

  • 200 g butter
  • 375 g icing sugar
  • 2 tablespoon of lemon juice
  • sprinkles

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven. Preheat to 180°C (160°C fan/ gas 4).
  • Mix the dry ingredients (all-purpose flour, baking powder and caster sugar) in a mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly using a spatula/ an electric mixer.
  • Add the butter, honey, lemon juice and eggs to the mixing bowl. For the best results, use an electric mixer.
  • Place the cupcake cases into the baking tray. Then pour the mixture into each case. Allow the cases to fill about 70-80% of the case.
  • Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes. Keep an eye on the cupcakes in the oven. The oven should already be preheated.
  • Check to see if the cupcakes are baked all the way through by putting a wooden pick/ cake tester into the middle of each. If the pick comes out clean, then they are fully baked through.
  • Take the cupcakes out of the oven and transfer to a cooling rack. Allow the cupcakes for fully cool. For optimal results, leave the cupcakes to cool for about an hour.
  • In a mixing bowl, make the buttercream. Combine the butter, lemon juice and icing sugar. Use an electric mixer.
  • Frost the cupcakes with buttercream. If you have any gluten-free sprinkles, feel free to add them to the buttercream!
  • Enjoy! 😊 If you want to cut the cupcakes into butterfly style or leave them whole, it is up to you.
Keyword Cupcakes

Ingredients

Buttercream

  • 200g butter
  • 375g icing sugar
  • 2 tablespoon of lemon juice
  • Sprinkles

Cake mix

  • 210g of gluten-free all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder
  • 70g of honey
  • 190g of caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons of lemon juice
  • 110g of butter

Method

  1. Preheat the oven.

    Preheat to 180°C (160°C fan/ gas 4).

  2. Mix the dry ingredients (all-purpose flour, baking powder and caster sugar) in a mixing bowl.

    Mix thoroughly using a spatula/ an electric mixer.

  3. Add the butter, honey, lemon juice and eggs to the mixing bowl.

    For the best results, use an electric mixer.

  4. Place the cupcake cases into the baking tray. Then pour the mixture into each case.

    Allow the cases to fill about 70-80% of the case.

  5. Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes.

    Keep an eye on the cupcakes in the oven. The oven should already be preheated.

  6. Check to see if the cupcakes are baked all the way through by putting a wooden pick/ cake tester into the middle of each.

    If the pick comes out clean, then they are fully baked through.

  7. Take the cupcakes out of the oven and transfer to a cooling rack.

    Allow the cupcakes for fully cool. For optimal results, leave the cupcakes to cool for about an hour.

  8. In a mixing bowl, make the buttercream. Combine the butter, lemon juice and icing sugar.

    Use an electric mixer.

  9. Frost the cupcakes with buttercream.

    If you have any gluten-free sprinkles, feel free to add them to the buttercream!

  10. Enjoy! 😊

    If you want to cut the cupcakes into butterfly style or leave them whole, it is up to you.

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