Sicily Lemon Swirl Cupcakes

Name: Sicily Lemon Swirl Cupcakes
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 110 g Softened Butter; 110 g Caster Sugar; 2 Eggs; 110 g Self-raising flour; 1/2 tsp Sicilian Lemon Flavouring; Vanilla Buttercream/Frosting; Lemon Buttercream/Frosting; Jelly Lemon Sweets for Decoration

Amy B @cook_14559386

Manchester, UK 🇬🇧

Sicily Lemon Swirl Cupcakes

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Ingredients

110 gSoftened Butter
110 gCaster Sugar
2Eggs
110 gSelf-raising flour
1/2 tspSicilian Lemon Flavouring
Vanilla Buttercream/Frosting
Lemon Buttercream/Frosting
Jelly Lemon Sweets for Decoration

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Steps

1

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and fill a 12 cupcake tray with cases.
2

Using an electric whisk beat 110g softened butter and 110g golden caster sugar together until pale and fluffy then whisk in 2 large eggs, one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition.
3

Add ½ tsp Lemon Flavouring, 110g self-raising flour and a pinch of salt, whisk until just combined then spoon the mixture into the cupcake cases.
4

Bake for 15 mins until golden brown and a skewer inserted into the middle of each cake comes out clean. Leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
5

Using a piping bag and placing Lemon frosting down the inside of one side of the bag and the lemon frosting down the other side. Then pipe the frosting on top of the cupcakes as desired and top it off with a lemon sweet for decoration.