Lemon Cupcakes With Lemon Buttercream Frosting Recipe

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Lemon Cupcakes With Lemon Buttercream Frosting
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Ingredients
16
Count
Nutrition
754
Calories
Total time
80
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. To make Lemon Syrup.
  2. Put sugar and water in small saucepan over medium heat. Simmer until sugar dissolves. Transfer to small glass bowl and let cool. Once cool stir in the fresh lemon juice.
  3. Directions for cake:.
  4. Preheat oven to 350. Arrange paper liners in muffin pans. Sift together flours, baking soda and salt.
  5. With an electric mixer, beat together eggs and sugar at a medium-high speed until mixture thickens and color pales, about three minutes. Lower speed and add butter, extracts, lemon juice stirring until just combined. Mix in buttermilk. Slowly, add sifted dry ingredients, scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally. Beat on low just until smooth.
  6. Fill cupcake tins 3/4 full. Bake 16-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and brush tops with lemon syrup. Cool completely before frosting.
  7. Lemon Buttercream Frosting.
  8. Ingredients:
  9. 1 cup butter , softened.
  10. 3 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar.
  11. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
  12. 1/8 teaspoon salt.
  13. Juice of one lemon (Strained).
  14. Combine butter, sugar and salt and beat till well combined.
  15. Add lemon juice and vanilla and continue to beat for another 5 minutes or until creamy.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 754.32 Kcal (3158 kJ)
Calories from fat 209.25 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 23.25g 36%
Cholesterol 65.59mg 22%
Sodium 1817.41mg 76%
Potassium 253.22mg 5%
Total Carbs 124.79g 42%
Sugars 35.5g 142%
Dietary Fiber 6.67g 27%
Protein 13.04g 26%
Vitamin C 6.8mg 11%
Iron 5.2mg 29%
Calcium 203.3mg 20%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 300.31 Kcal (1257 kJ)
Calories from fat 83.31 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.26g 36%
Cholesterol 26.11mg 22%
Sodium 723.56mg 76%
Potassium 100.81mg 5%
Total Carbs 49.68g 42%
Sugars 14.13g 142%
Dietary Fiber 2.65g 27%
Protein 5.19g 26%
Vitamin C 2.7mg 11%
Iron 2.1mg 29%
Calcium 80.9mg 20%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 16.2
    Points
  • 20
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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