Small Batch Lemon Cupcakes
Ingredients
CUPCAKES
- 3 ½ tbsp vegetable oil
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp vanilla
- ½ cup flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3 - 4 tbsp milk
- ½ tsp lemon extract
- Food coloring
ICING
- 2 cups Confectioners Sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- Yellow food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat to 375 F degrees.
- Mix oil, egg, vanilla, lemon flavor and sugar in a medium bowl.
- Sift flour, salt and baking powder together. Slowly mix into batter.
- Add in milk and whisk till well combined for an airy cake.
- If doing 2 tone effect. Divide batter in half and color each one differently. I did pink and aqua.
- Fit cupcake papers into muffin tin. Fill each just about halfway.
- Bake 14 - 16 minutes.
- Mix together icing ingredients till smooth. Frost cooled cupcakes.