Lemon Raspberry Cupcakes
Easy lemon raspberry cupcakes recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. Soft, moist, buttery, airy and paired with cream cheese frosting.
Servings: 12 Cupcakes
Calories: 640kcal
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- ½ cup Butter Unsalted, Room temperature
- 1 cup Granulated sugar
- 2 Eggs Large
- ½ cup Milk Whole
- 1 teaspoon Lime zest
- 1 teaspoon Lemon zest
- ½ teaspoon Lime extract
- ½ teaspoon Lemon extract
- 1 ¼ All-purpose flour
- ¼ cup Almond flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking soda
- 12 Raspberries Fresh
Lime Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
- ½ cup Butter Unsalted, Room temperature
- 8 oz Cream cheese Full fat
- 5 cups Powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon Lime extract
- 1 teaspoon Lemon extract
- ½ teaspoon Lime zest Optional
- ½ teaspoon Lemon zest Optional
- Green gel coloring Optional
Decoration
- 12 Limes Cut into thin circular slices
- 12 Raspberries Fresh
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl.
- Add eggs and mix again.
- Add milk, lime zest, lemon zest, lime extract, lemon extract and mix everything until it's properly combined with no lumps.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the all purpose flour, almond flour, baking powder and baking soda.
- Dump this dry mixture into the wet mixture and mix until just combined.
- This will be a thick batter but DON'T over-mix!
- Pour this batter into cupcake liners.
- Place a raspberry in the center of each cupcake and add 1 teaspoon of cupcake batter on top of the raspberries to cover them.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for about 20 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow these cupcakes to cool down and make the icing.
- Add the cream cheese, butter, lemon zest, lime zest, lemon extract, lime extract, gel coloring in a deep bowl and mix everything until there are no lumps.
- Then, start adding powdered sugar while continuing to mix.
- Start with 1 cup of sugar and work your way up.
- If your icing is too soft, chill in fridge for 30-40 minutes.
- Frost your cupcakes with this icing and top them off with fresh raspberries and slices of lime. Enjoy!
Notes
- Read all my tips above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 640kcal | Carbohydrates: 109g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 89mg | Sodium: 265mg | Potassium: 187mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 102g | Vitamin A: 815IU | Vitamin C: 20.7mg | Calcium: 93mg | Iron: 0.8mg