Chocolate Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Butter cream

Lemon and chocolate…. Two strong ingredients but when mixed in right proportion, it is a marriage made in Heaven.

You shall need: [Makes 12]

For cup cake-

1 cup… Maids/ AP Flour

3/4 cup… Castor Sugar

1/3 cup… Cocoa powder

1/2 tsp… Baking soda

1/2 tsp… baking powder

1 tbsp.. Lemon rind

Pinch of salt

1/2 tsp… Lemon essence

2 tbsp… Fresh Lemon Juice

2… Eggs

1/2 cup… Oil

For the Butter cream-

1/2 cup… Butter [Room temperature]

1 cup… Castor sugar

1 tbsp… Lemon rind

1.5 tbsp… Lemon Juice

few drops of yellow color

Method:

• In a bowl, mix flour, baking soda, sugar, baking powder and salt with a fork.
• Add the lemon juice, essence and rind.
• Add the oil and eggs.
• Beat for about 2 min until nice and fluffy.
• Add a few tbsp of cold water if the batter is too thick. We need a ribbon consistency.
• Line cup cake tray and fill it upto 3/4 level and bake in a pre heated oven at 180C for 12-15 min or until skewer comes out clean.
• Let them cook completely.
• For the frosting, cream the butter and sugar until nice and pale.
• Add the lemon juice, rind and color.
• Mix until amalgamated.
• Apply frosting on the cup cakes when they are completely cooled.

chocolate lemon cup cake with Lemon butter-cream frosting

To make them eggless, please use one of the replacements as mentioned here.

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