Glazed Lemon Cupcakes

Make these lemon muffins for friends or family, the recipe is simple. Cupcakes will look very cute if you put them in a vase and decorate with fresh berries.

Ingredients

• Unsalted butter, room temperature - 0.5 cup (115 g)
• Flour - 1.5 cups
• Baking powder - 2 tsp
• Salt - 0.5 tsp.
• Buttermilk or low-fat yogurt - 0.5 cup
• Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
• Zest and juice of 1 lemon plus 2 tbsp. l. juice
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Large eggs - 2 pcs.
• Powdered sugar - 1.5 cups

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease with oil (this is easy to do with a brush) and flour 6 cupcake tins. Mix flour with baking powder and salt. Separately, combine buttermilk or low-fat yogurt, vanilla, finely grated lemon zest, and lemon juice.
2. Beat butter with sugar with a mixer. Add eggs one at a time, beating each time. With the mixer speed reduced, add the flour in three batches, alternating with the lemon mixture.
3. Put the dough into molds. Bake lemon muffins for 20-25 minutes. Check the readiness of the cupcakes with a toothpick (it should be clean). Cool 10 minutes, then cool the cupcakes completely on a wire rack.
4. Place the rack of cupcakes on the parchment. Mix powdered sugar with two tablespoons of lemon juice. Pour sugar-lemon frosting over cupcakes. Let the lemon muffins rest for 30 minutes and then serve.