Mint Lemonade Cupcake Recipe

I hope you are all enjoying cupcake Saturday as much as I am! How can you go wrong kicking off the weekend with a sweet treat! HELLO YUM! This Mint Lemonade Cupcake Recipe is oh so delicious! Perfect for summer afternoons or any time you need a sweet treat. Do you have big plans for the weekend? I am enjoying being home and soaking up our newly fixed A/C. It is supposed to get hot in Spokane this weekend so I am so happy the A/C repair man came and fixed the beast before the heat kicked in. The past few weeks without A/C have been a bit much. Thank goodness for slow cooker recipes so dinner was made without heating up the house. Mint Lemonade Cupcake Recipe Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ cups sugar
¾ cup butter unsalted
4 large eggs ( room Temp )
1 C whole milk
¼ cup sour cream
1 Tbsp mint extract
Zest of 1 lemon
1 ½ tea baking powder
½ tea salt
½ tea vanilla extract

Directions
Using a  stand mixer or hand held , cream the butter and sugar.
Once mixture is thoroughly mixed, add the vanilla extract then add eggs in one at a time.
In another bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt
Using a third bowl alternate adding the dry mixture to the eggs, butter, and sugar with the wet ingredients milk and sour cream.
Add lemon zest Bake cupcakes 18-20 minutes on a pre-heated over at 350’
Let cupcakes cool to room temp. before frosting

LEMON BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Ingredients
4-5 cups powdered sugar
1 cup/ 2 sticks butter ( room temp )
1 bar cream cheese ( room temp )
Zest of one lemon Juice of one lemon

Directions
Add butter, cream cheese, Lemon juice, and zest
Slowly begin to add powdered sugar, one cup at a time
Mix until thoroughly incorporated
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Mint Lemonade Cupcake Recipe

Author: Tammilee

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• ¾ cup butter unsalted
• 4 large eggs room Temp
• 1 C whole milk
• ¼ cup sour cream
• 1 Tbsp mint extract
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 1 ½ tea baking powder
• ½ tea salt
• ½ tea vanilla extract
• Lemon Buttercream Frosting Ingredients
• 4-5 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup/ 2 sticks butter room temp
• 1 bar cream cheese room temp
• Zest of one lemon Juice of one lemon

Instructions

1. Cupcake Directions
2. Using a stand mixer or hand held , cream the butter and sugar.
3. Once mixture is thoroughly mixed, add the vanilla extract then add eggs in one at a time.
4. In another bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt
5. Using a third bowl alternate adding the dry mixture to the eggs, butter, and sugar with the wet ingredients milk and sour cream.
6. Add lemon zest Bake cupcakes 18-20 minutes on a pre-heated over at 350’
7. Let cupcakes cool to room temp. before frosting
8. Lemon Buttercream Frosting Directions
9. Add butter, cream cheese, Lemon juice, and zest
10. Slowly begin to add powdered sugar, one cup at a time
11. Mix until thoroughly incorporated

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