lemon vanilla cup cakes

vanilla cupcakes

I  recently tried to make cupcakes for a friends birthday, but I didn't know what cupcake flavour she liked, so I decided to make simple Lemon Vanilla Cupcakes which most people would love. That is when I found this amazing recipe on http://www.joyofbaking.com/ and now I cant get enough of it, and cannot wait to share it with you guys <3

INGREDIENTS 

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 2/3 cup castor sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 zest of large lemon(outer yellow skin)
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup milk and a little more if too thick

METHOD

1. pre-heat oven to 180 C and line 12 muffin cups with paper liners
2. in a bowl using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.add the eggs one at a time , then add in the vanilla essence and beat for 2-3 min
3. in a seperate bowl sift and add the flour ,baking powder and salt then  at low speed add the flour mixture into the egg mixture and add in the milk
4. then make sure its all well mixed then fill in the muffin cups and place them into the oven for 15-20 min or till brown . make sure not to over cook them