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Gluten Free Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream Icing

Lemon is one of my favorite flavors. And this gluten-free light-as-a-feather, super moist cupcake will become one of your favorites, too. Oh, and feel free to dress it up with decorations- it’s great for celebrations.

The Inside Scoop

This recipe can be made as a one layer 9″ round cake or as 7 4-ounce cupcakes. For a 2 layer cake, simply double the recipe.

When both volumetric and weight measures are provided, the volumetric measures should be considered approximations. The standard measure for a cup of sugar is 192 grams. By volume, this measure will be less than 1 cup.

Be sure eggs are at room temperature. Warm eggs hold more air than cold eggs, which means a lighter cupcake. To quickly bring eggs to room temperature before cracking, place eggs in a bowl of warm (not hot) water for 10 minutes.

Crack eggs into a small bowl before adding to the batter. That way, it is easy to remove any bits of eggshell or bloody egg.

Combine my Gluten Free Flour Mix, sugar, coconut flour, lemon zest, baking powder, salt and xanthan gum in the bowl of a stand mixer; mix until all dry ingredients are evenly distributed throughout the gluten free flour; this helps to ensure an even rise.

Mix the wet ingredients in a separate bowl. Make a well in the dry ingredients before adding the wet ingredients; this ensures that there is no dry flour on the bottom of the bowl.

Since gluten free flours do not contain gluten, extended mixing times are important to help the flours absorb moisture. Refrigeration time is essential to allow flours to absorb moisture and eliminate the gritty “gluten free” texture and taste. Although 30 minutes of refrigeration time will typically eliminate most of the gritty “gluten free” taste, I find longer refrigeration periods of 2 hours or more result in a better texture, taste and rise.

If making a layer cake, be sure to line the bottom only of the cake pan with parchment paper to prevent the cake from sticking to the pan. Spray both parchment paper-lined pans and cupcake papers with cooking spray to prevent sticking.

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Gluten Free Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream Icing

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By Connie Teunis – Serves: 7-8

A gluten-free light-as-a-feather, super moist cupcake that is sure to become one of your favorites.

Ingredients

For the Cake:

1 ½ c./ 232 g My Gluten-Free Flour mix

1 3/8 c./264 g. Sugar

15 g./ 2 T. Coconut Flour

¼ t. Xanthan Gum

2 T. Lemon Zest

¼ t. Salt

½ t. Baking Powder

2 eggs

148 ml./ 10 T. Canola Oil

118 ml./ ½ c. Milk

1 T. Lemon Juice

½ t. Lemon Extract

For the Lemon Buttercream Icing:

57 g./ ½ stick Butter

48 g./ ¼ c. Shortening

1 ½ c. Powdered Sugar

2 ½ T. Lemon Juice

Instructions

1

Combine the first 7 ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix on low to combine.

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Combine the next 5 ingredients in another bowl. Whisk to blend.

3

Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the wet ingredients. Mix on low speed to combine. Then beat on medium speed for 3 minutes. Cover and refrigerate for 2 - 6 or more hours.

4

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9” round cake pan with cooking spray; line the bottom with parchment paper. Or place jumbo cupcake liners in 7 wells of 2 jumbo cupcake tins; spray cupcake liners with non-stick cooking spray.

5

Remove the batter from the refrigerator and pour the batter into the prepared cake pans or measure 4 ounces of batter into prepared jumbo cupcake tins.

6

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes until internal temperature reaches 210+ degrees. (Toothpick test will not work). Remove from oven. Cool for 10 – 15 minutes. Transfer from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely.

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To make the Buttercream Frosting:

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Combine all butter cream frosting ingredients in a medium bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer. If using a hand mixer, initially mix by hand to moisten the powdered sugar. If using a stand mixer, mix on the lowest speed until ingredients are just combined. Then, mix on a medium high speed until frosting is smooth. Frost cake or cupcakes (an off-set spatula makes this easy). Decorate, if desired.

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Enjoy!