Home > Food making > Creative cuisine

Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes

The recipe of lemon cupcakes is based on making fondant cupcakes. They are both a type of sponge bread. The cupcakes reveal the sweet and sour flavor of lemon, which makes people forget to leave. Let me give you a recipe for making lemon cupcakes for your reference.

Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes

Ingredients:

1 lemon zest, 15 ml lemon juice, 2 whole eggs, 2 egg yolks, 120 grams of fine sugar, 1 salt grams, 100 grams of low-gluten flour, 50 grams of unsalted butter, appropriate amount of almond slices, and appropriate amount of powdered sugar.

Illustration of making lemon cupcakes:

  1. Gather all the ingredients to make lemon cupcakes. Let me show you the finished product first.

    Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes
  2. Peel the fresh lemon, remove the white part, and crush the lemon peel.

    Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes
  3. Use a manual juicer to squeeze lemon juice, or squeeze it by hand.

    Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes
  4. Next, preheat the oven to 170 degrees with upper and lower heat.

    Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes
  5. Put the butter in water and preheat it to melt.

    Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes
  6. Take two whole eggs and mix them with two egg yolks and mix them clockwise.

    Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes
  7. Add sugar and salt to the beaten egg mixture.

    Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes
  8. Use an electric egg beater to beat the egg batter until it becomes swollen, fine and light in color without any graininess (about 5 minutes).

    Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes
  9. Pour lemon peel and lemon juice into the beaten egg batter, stir gently and quickly clockwise, otherwise it will be easy to defoam.

    Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes
  10. Sift the low-gluten flour 2-3 times in advance, then add it to the egg mixture, and stir evenly in a clockwise manner.

    Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes
  11. Pour the softened butter into the egg batter and mix quickly and evenly in a clockwise direction.

    Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes
  12. Quickly put the lemon cake batter into a piping bag.

    Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes
  13. Pour the lemon cake batter into the paper cup until it is 7-8 minutes full. You can sprinkle some sliced ??almonds for garnish.

    Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes
  14. Put the lemon cupcakes into the middle layer of the oven, heat up and down at 170 degrees, and bake for about 25 to 30 minutes. The golden and soft lemon cupcakes will be out of the oven.

    Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes
  15. Take it out of the oven, sprinkle with sugar and enjoy. Follow the recipe and make a sweet and sour lemon cupcake that won’t crack or burn at the bottom.

    Illustration of how to make lemon cupcakes without burning the bottom or cracking the cupcakes
  16. Extended reading:

    1. How to make blueberry yogurt cupcakes without cracking, sinking or being mushy

    2. Illustration of how to make simple banana cupcakes. Cupcake baking time is 20-35 minutes

    3. Ingredients for making soft yogurt cheese cupcakes

    4. How to make durian chiffon cup cake. How to make durian chiffon cake

    5. Illustrated steps for making cupcakes that won’t crack or sink in.