LEMONCELLO CUPCAKES
Last night while I was trying to rest, my mind refused to shut off. I had remembered that I had lemons and limes in the refrigerator and that I need to use them soon. So, I wrote a new recipe for these amazing Lemoncello Cupcakes. Today I felt so much better and decided to make them. Can you say yummy? Lemon and Cupcakes all rolled into one! YUMMY!
The turned out fabulous! Here’s all the ingredients you need to make the batter. I forgot to add the lemoncello to the picture.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
In a separate bowl beat the butter, and sugar on medium speed until creamy, Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the lemoncello and beat an additional minute.
On low speed, add flour mixture and buttermilk alternatively, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Add the lemon juice and zest and mix on low speed just until incorporated.
Line 12 muffin tins and fill evenly with batter.. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the middle comes out clean. Let cool completely.
There are two parts to the lemon filling. And it’s easy. In a heavy medium saucepan, stir together the lemon zest, juice and sugar and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
In a separate small bowl, beat together the egg and egg yolk. Beat a small amount of the lemon mixture into the eggs to temper them. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and place over medium heat, whisking constantly until it thickens.
In a separate small bowl, beat together the egg and egg yolk. Beat a small amount of the lemon mixture into the eggs to temper them. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and place over medium heat, whisking constantly until it thickens.
Beat cream cheese into the lemon mixture.
Scoop out the center of each cupcake and till the hole with lemon filling.
Now it’s time for the meringue Mix the eggs in a mixer on high speed until peaks form. Add sugar and continue to mix until stiff.
Using a large spoon, or if you really want to get fancy you can pipe the meringue and top the cupcakes. Bake for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.
Enjoy,
The Country Gal
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- Zest of one lemon
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter, (softened)
- 2 tablespoons lemoncello
- ½ cup milk
- 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup lemon juice
- Zest of 2 lemons
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup cream cheese (softened)
- 1 whole egg + 1 egg yolk
- Meringue Topping
- 4 egg whites
- 6 tablespoons of sugar
- Garnish
- 1 lime
- 2 tablespoons lemon zest
- Cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
- In a separate bowl beat the butter, and sugar on medium speed until creamy, Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the lemoncello and beat an additional minute.
- On low speed, add flour mixture and buttermilk alternatively, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Add the lemon juice and zest and mix on low speed just until incorporated.
- Line 12 muffin tins and fill evenly with batter.. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the middle comes out clean. Let cool completely.
- In a heavy medium saucepan, stir together the lemon zest, juice and sugar and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
- In a separate small bowl, beat together the egg and egg yolk. Beat a small amount of the lemon mixture into the eggs to temper them. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and place over medium heat, whisking constantly until it thickens.
- In a separate small bowl, beat together the egg and egg yolk. Beat a small amount of the lemon mixture into the eggs to temper them. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and place over medium heat, whisking constantly until it thicken
- The Meringue
- Mix the eggs in a mixer on high speed until peaks form. Add sugar and continue to mix until stiff. Using a large spoon, or if you really want to get fancy you can pipe the meringue and top the cupcakes. Bake for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.
Your cupcakes look absolutely amazing. I pinned it and SO doing this as soon as I have all the right ingredients. Thank you for sharing!
Those look so yummy! I love that you have a picture for each step.
They look delicious and so tempting! I love lemon! I bet your kitchen smelled amazing while you were making these!
Yum! Those look delicious! I DON’T have those things on hand but they look worth a trip to the grocery store!!
Lemon Cello Cupcakes Looks So Delicious & it looks very easy to make I Would Love To Try These, Maybe my 13 yr old daughter can bake some in her easy bake oven
Oh, these sound divine! Yummy, I can’t wait to try them.
Sounds delicious. I make limoncello cakes as well. These sound good! I like the lime garnish, I typically go for mint.
Those look delicious and easy! We love anything with lemon in them. I may use our new cake pop maker for these, the kids would eat them for sure!
They look divine! I love lemony flavors in baked goods so this is appealing to me. Yummy!
Elizabeth
They look really good! This is one of my favorite desserts! bookmarked
They look good, but I am not much of a meringue person. I think my parents would LOVE these though!
I have a question, what is Lemoncello? I’ve never heard of that before.
Must try. Thanks for sharing
Limoncello is an Italian lemon liqueur mainly produced in Southern Italy.
That looks so refreshing! I love the lemon center! I always wondered how you do it! lol! i’m going to whip these up
I have pinned this to make later. LOOKS YUMMY!
these look amazingly yummy! I love lemon and I love sweets, so it’s a slam dunk for me. I don’t think I’ve ever tried lemoncello though. I’m sure it’s not hard to find at a store?
Omg, these pictures makes me hungry! I feel like I’m cooking. I’d love to try this out! Bookmarked! Neat site btw 🙂
Those look and sound so absolutely wonderful. I would so love to try them. Guess I’ll make some for me!
More good food! Great pictures.
I’ve just forwarded this to my cousin who makes great cupcakes! Can’t wait to taste it! Only think of lemoncello drinks. Never on a baked good!
My goodness …. your cupcakes look absolutely gorgeous & I love limoncello 🙂
Oh My goodness! These look amazing! I am going to try these for sure! Thanks for sharing!
I love all things lemon and these look amazing! Stopping by from the SITS Girls Comment Love Tribe! ~Krissa (http://www.morethanmundane.com)
Imagine that, just sitting in bed thinking up brand new cupcake recipes… well done! I tried lemon cello for the first time in Rome so I feel like I just *have* to make these. And I haven’t seen anything like them elsewhere!
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Lauren
These sound so delicious. I love just about anything with lemon in it. There may be a few extra steps in the recipe, but they look worth the extra work.