Lemon butterfly cupcake

A cupcake is a small cake designed to serve one person, usually baked in a small thin paper cup.

I don’t really like sweet stuff that much, but I am in love with these cupcakes. They are not only look fancy but taste awesome.

Please don’t think that butterfly cupcakes are difficult to make as they are truly one of the easiest cupcakes to decorate; even children can make them. 

The other great part about them is the easy recipe.  Everything is just mixed together,  beat it all in a bowl and it’s done.

I have a soft spot for butterfly cupcakes. They bring back so much nostalgia and memories of fairy tales that I used to read. They look so sweetly simple, with a swirl of freshly frosting and floating fairy wings.

Children love to get involved with mixing the batter and filling the cases. With a little adult help to cut the butterfly wings, they’ll have a fantastic time decorating their butterfly cupcakes.

Note :

If you wanted a different flavour for the frosting, you could change the lemon juice to lime juice.

Ingredients :

For the cupcake

115g self raising flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

115g unsalted butter

80g granulated sugar

2 eggs

Finely grated rind of 1/2 lemon

2 tbsp milk

Little icing sugar for dusting

For the frosting

85g unsalted butter

80g icing sugar

1 tbsp lemon juice

Method :

For the cupcake

Preheat the oven to 190 C. Line a 12-cup bun tin with paper cases

Sift  115g self-raising flour and 1/2 tsp baking powder into a large bowl. Add 115g unsalted butter, 80g sugar, 2 eggs,  1/2 of lemon rind and  2 tbsp of milk, using an electric hand-held mixer, beat together until just smooth.

Spoon the mixture evenly into the paper cases.

Bake in the preheated oven for about 15-20 minutes, or until well risen, golden and firm to the touch. Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool.

For the frosting

To make the frosting,    put  85g unsalted butter in a bowl and beat until fluffy. Sift in 80g icing sugar, add 1 tbsp lemon juice and beat together until smooth and creamy

Cut the top off each cake,  using a  serrated knife. Cut each cake top in half.  Spread the frosting over the cut surface of each cake and push the two pieces of cake top into the frosting to form wings. Dust with sifted icing sugar before serving

Enjoy!