Lemon Cupcakes

(or Lemon Pound Cake)

In blog hopping, I discovered an incredible amount of delicious looking/sounding recipes! Here is the first I decided to try from here.

• 16 tablespoons unsalted butter (2 sticks)
• 1 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon table salt
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest plus 2 teaspoons juice from 2 medium lemons
• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Lemon Glaze (Optional)
  
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice , from 1 or 2 medium lemons

1. 350 degrees
2. Line muffin pans with liners (or Grease 9 by 5-inch loaf pan)
3. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside
4. Melt butter
5. In blender (or food processor), combine sugar and zest
6. Add lemon juice, eggs, and vanilla to blender
7. Add eggs slowly into blender
8. Transfer mixture to bowl, and sift flour mixture over while whisking gently
9. Pour batter into prepared muffin pan and bake 10 minutes
10. Reduce oven temperature to 325 and continue to bake until golden brown (20-30 minutes)
11. For lemon glaze, bring sugar and lemon juice to boil while stirring occasionally
12. Simmer until thickened
13. Poke a hole in the center of each cupcake, and drizzle with lemon glaze
14. Top with powdered sugar, if desired

They turned out so lemony.. almost sour.. but delicious! :) And even though I found the recipe, all credit for making them goes to Abbie.