Description
Delight your taste buds with these Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes that are bursting with fruity flavors. These moist lemon cupcakes filled with strawberry jam and topped with a luscious strawberry buttercream are perfect for any occasion!
Ingredients
Scale
Lemon Cupcakes:
- 1 cup granulated sugar (200g)
- zest of 1 large lemon – about 1 Tbsp (5g)
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour or gluten-free flour blend (150g)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder (6g)
- 1/2 tsp fine salt (3g)
- 1/2 cup full-fat sour cream, room temperature (125g)
- 1/2 cup water (120g)
- 1/4 cup vegetable or canola oil (56g)
- 1 large egg, room temperature (56g)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste (4g)
- yellow gel food coloring – optional
Strawberry Buttercream:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (226g)
- zest of 1 large lemon – about 1 Tbsp (5g)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste (4g)
- 1 tsp lemon extract (4g)
- 1/4 tsp fine salt (1g)
- 3 Tbsp seedless strawberry jam or jelly (60g)
- 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar (454 grams or a 1 lb. box)
- 1 Tbsp heavy whipping cream, room temperature (15 grams)
- red gel food coloring – optional
Instructions
- Lemon Cupcakes: Preheat the oven and prepare cupcake liners. Whisk sugar and lemon zest. Mix dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, combine wet ingredients. Combine wet and dry ingredients. Bake and cool cupcakes.
- Strawberry Buttercream: Beat butter, add lemon zest, extracts, and salt. Mix in strawberry jam and powdered sugar. Adjust consistency with cream or powdered sugar. Color if desired.
- Decorating: Fill cupcakes with jam, pipe buttercream on top, and garnish with lemon slice and strawberry.
Notes
- If the frosting is too thick, add cream; if too thin, add more powdered sugar gradually.
- For a natural pink color in the frosting, add a drop of red gel food coloring.
- For an extra burst of strawberry flavor, add a layer of strawberry jam inside the piping bag.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 380 kcal
- Sugar: 38g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 48g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 65mg
Keywords: Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes, Lemon Cupcakes, Strawberry Buttercream, Cupcake Recipe
