Father's day special recipe: Lemon cupcake

Try this beautiful yummy recipe for you father this father's day

Ingredients

Sponge

• 100 gms unsalted butter softened
• 100 gms flour
• 100 gms golden caster sugar superfine is best
• Zest of 1 lemon or 2 tsp lemon juice
• 2 medium eggs
• 1 tsp baking powder

Frosting

• 75 gms unsalted butter - softened
• 175 gms icing sugar
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• zest of one lemon

Method: 

• Preheat the oven to 180ºC 
• Cream the butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl till it is light and fluffy. Mix in the lemon zest/ lemon juice.
• Add the eggs to the mix, one by one and carefully fold in the flour. Add the baking powder at this point. 
• Place cupcake cases into the baking tray and fill each with about 1½ tablespoons of cupcake mixture.
• After 10 minutes of baking, check your cupcakes by inserting a cocktail stick into one of the cupcakes. If it comes out dry then the cupcakes are done. If not, then back in the oven for a few minutes more. Lift the cupcakes out of the muffin tin and leave to cool.

Frosting: 

• Cream the butter after until it's light and fluffy.
• Sift the icing sugar and add it gradually to the butter.
• Mix in lemon zest and lemon juice for the lemony zing.