Dessert Blog Party- Love those Lemons
Monday, April 10th, 2006
Oh Darling! Stephanie has been gracious enough to host another Blog Party but this time the theme is Desserts!
So I decided to bring something crisp and refreshing instead of a rich, decadent, sinful pleasure. I am on a citrus kick and I also had to experiment with cupcake recipes for an upcoming job so I put the two together to create these yummy little mouthfuls. To compliment these sweet delights is a refreshing limoncello spritzer, made with my homemade limoncello.
Enjoy!
Magnolia Bakery Vanilla Cupcakes
makes 24 mini cupcakes
3/4 cup self rising flour
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/2 cup softened butter
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Liberally grease mini muffin pan. These little guys got kinda stuck in my pan so make sure you use a liner or butter them well.
2. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, incorporating them between egg. Add vanilla to mixture. In a small bowl, sift together the two flours.
3. Beginning and ending with the flour, alternate with the flour and milk mixing it into the butter mixture until just combined. Don’t overmix, finish my hand if you are concerned.
4. Scoop mixture into muffin tin to the top. Baking 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes clean. Cool a few minutes in the pan then turn out onto a wire rack.
Lemon Icing
1/2 cup butter
2 tablespoons lemon juice (or more for more pucker!)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups confectioners’ sugar
Combine the butter, lemon juice, vanilla, and confectioners sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add more confectioners sugar, or lemon juice to adjust the consistency as needed.
Limoncello Spritzer
Pour equal parts limoncello and lemon-lime flavored club soda in a glass. Add a splash of cranberry juice.
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