Week 22: Lemonade Cupcakes with Raspberry Frosting!

Hello!  I have a goal to finish all the cupcakes blogs before I get on a plane to the UK in 25 hours!  Ready.. set.. BLOG! J  To continue my summery/citrus craving I decided to go with a lemonade cupcake with raspberry frosting.  They seemed pretty easy and seemed to be a recipe I couldn’t mess up.  My Managing Director was over from the UK and has been dying to have a cupcake, so the pressure was on.

Of course the cupcake didn’t turn out correct.  Even after the second attempt, the frosting would not mix correctly and was lumpy.  Cleary the puree had too much liquid. Below is the process I would do the next time if I was to make them again. :)

I got the original recipe from: http://blogs.babble.com/family-kitchen/2011/08/22/lemonade-cupcakes-with-raspberry-frosting/

Lemonade Cupcakes with Raspberry Frosting

Yield: 24 Cupcakes

Lemonade Cupcakes:

1 cup butter, at room temperature

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp. baking powder

½ tsp. salt

Grated zest and juice of lemon

1 cup milk, divided

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.   Line 2 cupcake tins with 24 cupcakes liners. 

In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar and lemon zest with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.  Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.  Beat in the vanilla.

In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder and salt.  Add to the butter mixture a third at a time, alternating with half the milk and half the lemon juice after each of the first 2 additions of flour.  Beat until just combined.

Fill the prepared tins and bake for 20 minutes, until springy to the touch.  Leave the cupcakes in their tins for about 5 minutes and then move to wire rack.  Let them cool completely before frosting. 

Fresh Raspberry Frosting:

1 cup fresh raspberries

1 cup butter, at room temperature

3 cups confectioners’ sugar

In a medium bowl, beat the butter and half the sugar until smooth.  Add the raspberries, then more sugar until you have a fluffy, spreadable consistency.  Frost cooled cupcakes! 

Love always, aloterella :)