Recipe uploaded by

3 ratings

Recipe by Pixie83

Member

Leave a comment or rate this recipe

Flag this recipe as inappropriate

1. Pre-heat oven to Gas Mark 4. Put baking cases into a 12 cake/muffin tray.
2. Cream the butter and sugar
3. Beat in the eggs and the lemon extract
4. Add the flour, beat the mixture until lump free (I use an electric beater).
5. Place spoonfuls of the mixture into the baking cases and bake for about 20/25 minutes (check with a skewer). Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a cooling rack.
6. Add lemon juice to the icing sugar, one tablespoon at a time until the icing is smooth but not too runny. Add food colouring.
7. Spread icing on each cupcake (cakes should be cool), I put a dollop of icing in the centre of each cake, let it settle outwards naturally and push out lightly to edges of the cupcake with a knife. As the cupcake tops are quite moist, you’ll get crumbs in the icing if you spread roughly.
8. Sprinkle lemon rind on to icing

Latest comments and suggestions

• Caroline

  08 January 2009

  Caroline rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I tried Sarah's cupcakes over Christmas and I have to say - they may be the best I've tasted! Really tangy and light.

  Flag as inappropriate

  Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  Your name: Reason:
• sandie

  10 January 2009

  sandie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  made these cakes yesterday to take to work everyone loved them they did not last long. The icing is lovely made with the lemon juice.

  Flag as inappropriate

  Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  Your name: Reason:
• Coffeebean

  14 January 2009

  Coffeebean commented on this recipe

  This recipe is really easy to follow, I've made them twice now and they're delicious!

  Flag as inappropriate

  Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  Your name: Reason:
• Coffeebean

  14 January 2009

  Coffeebean rated this recipe

  

  Flag as inappropriate

  Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.

  Your name: Reason:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/9124/

Your binder

• Register
• Sign in
• More info

Sign up or sign in to receive a £40 wine voucher, and to save, rate and comment on recipes. Plus, get our newsletter.

Ingredients

• Cake ingrediants
• 110g butter
• 110g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 75g self-raising flour, sieved
• 3 drops lemon extract
• For the icing
• 175g icing sugar, sieved
• 3 to 4 tablespoons of lemon juice from a fresh lemon
• Lemon rind zest
• 3 drops of yellow food colouring

Search Good Food

Keywords

Refine your recipe search

Search filter options

Search by cooking times Less than 10 minutes 10-30 minutes 35-60 minutes Over an hour Search by difficulty Easy Moderately easy For the keen cook Search by cuisine American British Cajun & Creole Caribbean French German Greek Indian Italian Mediterranean Mexican Moroccan Scottish Spanish Swiss Thai Vietnamese Search by course Warm starter Cold starter Main course Side dish Pudding Search by calorie range Less than 200 200-400 400-600 600-800 Over 800 Search by occasion Midweek meal Dinner party Family favourite Birthdays Christmas New Year Mother's Day Chinese New Year Easter Search by chef Good Food Team olive Angela Nilsen Annabel Karmel Anthony Worral Thompson Gary Rhodes Gordon Ramsay James Martin John Torode Ken Hom Lesley Waters Mary Cadogan Merrilees Parker Nick Nairn Orlando Murrin Ruth Watson Silvana Franco Thane Prince Tony Tobin Search by diet Vegetarian Vegan Gluten-free Dairy-free Nut-free Egg-free Low-fat Low in salt Suitable for diabetics Search by magazine BBC Good food olive Search by servings 1 2 4 6 8 For a crowd

Difficulty and servings

Makes 12 cakes

Preparation and cooking times

10 mins cooling time

Ingredients

• Cake ingrediants
• 110g butter
• 110g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 75g self-raising flour, sieved
• 3 drops lemon extract
• For the icing
• 175g icing sugar, sieved
• 3 to 4 tablespoons of lemon juice from a fresh lemon
• Lemon rind zest
• 3 drops of yellow food colouring

Your binder

Here are three other great reasons why to sign up:

• You get an online binder, where you can store all your favourite recipes and create menus.
• You can add your own recipes to this site for others to try; plus, rate and make comments on recipes, and share your views on our blog.
• You can sign up for our weekly newsletter (sent out on Wednesdays) - it's packed with recipes, special offers and competitions.

Tried and tested recipes from Good Food and olive magazines. bbcgoodfood.com

Recipes from the new TV channel and celebrity chefs. goodfoodchannel.co.uk