simple lemon cupakes

I had a couple of lemons in my fruit bowl and thought i'd make some form of cakes with them. I came across a recipe for lemon cupcakes and my son was helping me and he was having so much fun whisking that he whisked the mixture for a good 4/5 minutes and the cupcakes were so light and yummy that from now on I whisk them for a good couple of minutes longer than I used too!

This is soo simple and they taste so good.

Lemon Cupcakes

makes 12

100g butter
100g castor sugar
1 lemon
2 eggs
100g self raising flour

heat the oven to 180' or 160 for fan ovens gas mark 4. place 12 cake cases into a muffin tin.

Cream the butter and sugar together until light and creamy.

grate the rind of 1 lemon into the butter and sugar mix and add the eggs gradually continually whisking.
add a bit of flour if you need to stop it from curdling.

add the flour and whisk for 2-3 minutes.

Spoon the mixture into the cases and bake in the centre of the over for 10 minutes check after this time if they are not cooked put back in for a few minutes. Do not overcook though as they dry out.

I used icing sugar with the juice of the lemon and topped with little icing daffodils. They didn't last long!

I also made these cakes without the lemon and whilst still hot brushed with homemade marmalade and once cool topped with chocolate they were very tasty.