Lemon Curd Cupcakes

My husband is a huge fan of lemon cake. Unfortunately though, due to a strange allergy I have, lemon cake is something we rarely have in the house.

Back in May when I attended BlogOn, a bloggers conference, we were gifted a pouch of the Cake Angels lemon icing and when I got home my husband's eyes lit up! He's waited a while but I've finally got round to making some lemon cake!

You'll see from the recipe that there's no lemon zest or juice and that's so I can avoid handling it. I went with lemon curd as an alternative and easy option for lemon flavouring. 

These are the results and according to my husband they are the best cakes I've made! EVER!!! I will admit I had some help from our 4 year old though!

Want to give them a try? You'll need..........

• 8oz self raising flour
• 80z caster sugar
• 8oz butter/baking spread
• Teaspoon of baking powder
• Couple of drops of vanilla essence
• 3 eggs
• Lemon curd
• Lemon Cake Angels icing
• Mixing bowl
• Sieve 
• Whisk or large spoon
• Spatula or tablespoon
• Cupcake cases
• Cupcake tin 
• Wire rack or plate

Preheat oven to 180C and  line tin with the cases.

Sieve flour into the bowl and add the caster sugar, baking spread, vanilla essence, eggs and baking powder. 

Mix until smooth.

Using the spoon or spatula half fill the cake cases.

Add a spoon of lemon curd and cover with another spoon of cake mixture.

Bake for 15-20 minutes.

Leave to cool on the wire rack or plate.

Follow the instructions on the bag to prepare the icing and ice the cakes.

Then sit down with a nice brew and dig in! Enjoy your yummy Lemon Curd Cupcakes!

Mummy Snowy Owl

xx