Gluten Free Lemon Cupcakes
I made some gluten free lemon cupcakes yesterday, and took them round to my friend Jules’ house this afternoon, as she can’t eat gluten – I was tired when I made them last night, so I over cooked them by 3 minutes, oops! They’re a little dry but still OK. Then, after boxing them up, I dropped the box!! So they didn’t look quite so pretty by the time I got them to her house… All in all, a slightly disasterous baking session, but salvageable! The last time I made them they were yummy, so I have faith that they will be good next time :)
Cupcakes all boxed up
The recipe is from Doves Farm. I used the basic fairy cake recipe on the back of the gluten free self-raising flour packet, and adapted it to make lemon cakes.
The cakes are quite moist (if you don’t over cook them!) and taste great for gluten free – my Mum didn’t even know!
Gluten Free Lemon Cupcake Recipe
150g caster sugar
150g organic butter
3 organic eggs
Zest of 2 unwaxed lemons
2 tbsps lemon juice
3 tbsps soya milk
150g Doves Farm self-raising flour
To make the cakes
Preheat the oven to 200C / 180C fan oven / Gas mark 6
Line a 12 hole muffin tin with yellow fairy cake cases
Cream the butter and sugar using an electric hand whisk
Beat in the eggs
Beat in the lemon zest and juice, and soya milk
Sift in the flour and give the whole mixture a final whisk
Put 2 tsp into each paper case
Bake in the oven for 15 minutes
Leave to cool in tray for 5 minutes, then cool cakes on a wire rack
To make the butter icing
Beat 75g butter until creamy
Sift in 100g icing sugar and beat
Add zest of 1 lemon, 2 tbsps lemon juice and few drops of yellow food colouring
Sift in another 100g icing sugar, and beat well
Use a palate knife to spread over your cakes
Decorate with handmade icing flowers

GF lemon cupcakes in their box before I dropped them!
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June 11th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
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