Lemon Cupcakes

These are lemon cupcakes from a website called mybakingaddiction.com.


INGREDIENTS

2 1/4 cups cake flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
4 large egg whites
1 1/2 cups sugar
lemon zest from two lemons
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon pure lemon extract

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees celsius

Mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt

Mix together milk and eggs.

Knead together the lemon zest and the sugar until moist and fragrant. Add the butter and beat together until very light. Add a third of the dry ingredients. Beat. Add half the egg and milk mixture.Beat.  Keep doing that until there is no more of each ingredient left.

Mix the batter for another two minutes to make it smooth.

Bake for 18-22 minutes.

MAKE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING RECIPE AND ADD THE JUICE OF ONE LEMON