Lemon Yogurt Cupcakes

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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
12 cupcakes
Serves:
12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350F and use muffin pan, lined with paper liners.
  • In a small bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, butter and egg until smooth. Add yogurt, lemon zest and juice and lemon extract, beating until smooth. Add flour mixture, beating just until smooth.
  • Scoop batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 22 to 25 minutes or until tops of cupcakes spring back when lightly touched. Let cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely on rack.
  • Top cooled cupcakes with your favorite icing.

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Reviews

  1. I didn't use lemon extract, I put more fresh lemon juice. And I put the zest of one lemon. I reduced the sugar to about 3/4 cup. These cupcakes have a nice taste of lemon. I got only 10 muffins. Thanks Redsie :) Made for Zaar Star Game.
     
  2. I've made this recipe both single and doubled (for two layer cakes). Both times I used grapeseed oil instead of margarine. Both times I didn't use lemon extract. The second time I substituted half of the oil with home-made applesauce. All variations of this recipe are delicious. It's a bit dense as a cake, as originally written, but makes light fluffy muffins. Delicious.
     
  3. These are moist and scumptious! Wonderful lemon flavor. I iced them with a tradional buttercream icing and the 2nd time, left them plain. If you like lemon, you will like these! Also- be sure to buy a quality yogurt.
     
  4. I enjoyed these cupcakes. I make a similar lemon yoghurt cake, but I love cupcakes as they are easy for guests to eat and come as their own portion. I also love lemons so I can't complain. I did not even use icing, just dusted with powdered sugar. I am going to make again with blueberries. YUM! Thanks
     
  5. these cupcakes are very good, dense and lemoney.I used only lemon juice and instead of butter added canola oil.First time I had no yogurt so I used buttermilk. DO NOT DO IT!
     
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Tweaks

  1. Easily made this recipe vegan and it worked brilliantly. This is a house favorite. Instead of eggs made a flax egg (1 Tbsp flax meal, 3 Tbsp water, stir and set for 5 mins) Vegan butter (Smart Balance is our fav) Vegan yogurt. We used Silk plain. This last time I used Oatmilk yogurt but it was flavored so I cut the sugar down. Would recommend Silk soy Plain yogurt for best results.
     
  2. Didn't use the lemon extract and added more natural lemon juice.
     
  3. Made the recipe this past Saturday with a few changes. Added more fresh lemon juice, 7 teaspoons to be exact, 6 oz. lemon yogurt instead of plain yogurt and used small cookie scoop and made mini-sized cupcakes without any icing. Took some of them to my DH's two nephews and they loved them. In fact so much so that the 5 year old said please make them again and bring me more next time you come over. Moist and delish. Thanks Redsie
     
  4. I really liked the cupcakes. But you should wait 10 minutes to let them cool.<br/>I couldn't ;-) So two of them fell apart and I had to eat them ;-) .<br/>I used lime juice instead of lemon juice and they turned out great. Thanks for posting this.
     
  5. I've made this recipe both single and doubled (for two layer cakes). Both times I used grapeseed oil instead of margarine. Both times I didn't use lemon extract. The second time I substituted half of the oil with home-made applesauce. All variations of this recipe are delicious. It's a bit dense as a cake, as originally written, but makes light fluffy muffins. Delicious.
     

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