Cupcakes Spectacular 2008: Lemon-Poppy Seed Cupcakes
I have to admit, until I began to run my blog I had no idea that there is a difference between a cupcake and a muffin. But this German site brings light into darkness: Cupcakes incorporate butter, sugar, eggs, and flour to a sponge mixture and are decorated with a frosting. I am fond of poppy seeds, especially the whites. So I prepared the
for Arfi's Spectacular Cupcakes 2008 event.
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| Title: | Lemon-Poppy Seed Cupcakes |
| Categories: | Baking, Cupcakes |
| Yield: | 12 Servings |
Ingredients
| 3 | Lemons, 2 organic | ||
| 5 | tablesp. | Milk | |
| 155 | grams | Sugar | |
| 175 | grams | Butter, softened | |
| 50 | grams | White poppy seed, ground | |
| 1 | pack | Vanilla sugar | |
| 3 | Eggs, size M | ||
| 150 | grams | Flour | |
| 1/2 | pack | Baking powder | |
| 150-200 | grams | Cream cheese | |
| 100-150 | grams | Icing sugar | |
| 12 | Paper liners, about 5 cm Ø |
Source
| abgewandelt nach: | |
| LECKER, Kochen & Genießen, Januar + Februar 08 |
| Edited *RK* 03/08/2008 by | |
| Ulrike Westphal |
Directions
With oven rack in center of oven, pre-heat oven to 175°C/fan 150 °C/ gasmark 2. Line a twelve 2 1/2-inch muffin pan with paper liners and set aside.
Wash and dry the organic lemons and rub off the peel. Squeeze all lemons. Heat milk with 2 tablespoons sugar, add and melt the butter. Stir in poppy seeds, 6 tablespoons of lemon juice, the zest - except for 1 teaspoon and simmer for about 5 minutes. Lightly cool.
Cream 125 grams butter, 125 grams sugar and vanilla sugar about 1 minute until mixture is fluffy and lightens from yellow to cream color. Add eggs one at a time. Mix flour and baking powder and fold flour mixture and poppy seed mixture alternately into egg mixture
Spoon batter into prepared muffin pan
Bake for 20- 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
To serve
Combine cream cheese, 3-4 tablespoons lemon juice and icing sugar and stir until smooth. Spread over cooled cupcakes. Lightly sprinkle centers with grated lemon peel.
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