Lemon Cupcakes

This year for her birthday party, Alexa wanted to have lemon cupcakes in addition to vanilla. She ended up not loving them, but I sure did and I think all of the other adults did too. My mom loved them so much she decided to make them for her birthday, too. :)

Lemon Cupcakes

1 cup white Sugar
1/2 cup Butter
2 Eggs
2 tsp Vanilla
1.5 cups Flour
1 3/4 tsp Baking Powder
Zest and Juice of 2 Lemons
1/2 cup Milk

Preheat oven to 350*. Line cupcake pan with paper liners.

In mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter. Add eggs one at a time, and then vanilla. 

Add flour and baking powder, mixing until combined. Add lemon zest and juice, then stir in the milk until it makes a smooth batter.

Spoon into muffin cups and then bake for about 20 minutes or until done. The tops will be golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake should come out clean.

Let cupcakes cool.

We frosted them with vanilla whipped cream - Whip heavy whipping cream in mixer with whisk attachment, or in vitamix. Add sweetener (I sometimes use liquid stevia but this time I used powdered sugar) and a splash of vanilla.

To enhance the lemon flavor, add a tablespoon of lemon juice and the zest of another lemon to the whipped cream. You may need to add sweetener - just taste it and add some if needed.