Easy, Moist and Soft Lemon Cupcakes

Christmas season is around the corner, I can see many blogs filled with yummilicious cakes.Sometimes my little one sits along with me and goes through all the sites which I am checking and she started asking for cakes or cupcakes for school. I was in no mood to bake after all the baking last week. But since it was a rare request from my little one, I started again.

I wanted to bake something which I never did and so I ended up picking these tangy lemon cupcakes. These cupcakes I had made for Diwali mela in school and they were a big hit !!

Thinking about them, I baked again. This would have been better with lemon glaze but since for home baking, I won’t use much sugar, I ended up decorating the cupcakes with sprinkles, which were looking very cute and attractive.

These cupcakes are truly lighter and a perfect “melt in your mouth” type.

Ingredients:

1. Maida- 1 ¼ Cup
2. Baking Powder- 1 tsp
3. Sugar- ¾ Cup
4. Butter- ½ Cup
5. Eggs- 2 nos
6. Vanilla Essence- 1 tsp
7. Lemon Juice- 2 nos
8. Lemon Zest- 1 no
9. Milk- ¼ Cup
10. Sprinkles- Few

Method:

1. Sieve maida and baking powder thrice and keep it aside.
2. Beat the eggs and vanilla essence till creamy and fluffy. Cream the butter and sugar to light pale colour. In this add the egg mixture and beat well.
3. Add the lemon juice and zest and stir well.
4. Fold the flour and milk to the butter mixture alternately, till everything is well incorporated.
5. Line baking tray with cupcake liners, pour the batter in each cupcake liner and decorate with some sprinkles on top. Bake for about 20 minutes and enjoy these tangilicious cupcakes.

Lemon, Blueberry and Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Since quite some time now, I was in search of fresh blueberries, but I couldn’t get any and those which we get in market were so expensive that I decided to get it through my brother who works in the UK, when he was planning to visit me in July.

I am a huge fan of fresh blueberries. When I visited UK and Europe last year , I had eaten these blueberries in tonnes. My bro was not sure whether they will stay fresh till he reaches Bangalore, but I was confident and he bought about 2- 3 packets.  I wanted to make many dishes out of these, but ended up eating most of it, just like that. And with the last few which I had saved, I made these cupcakes and also a blueberry milkshake (which I will be sharing later).

In these cupcakes, I have added fresh blueberries along with white chocolate chips and lemon zest. The lemon zest imparts a strong citrusy flavor to these cupcakes. These lemon, blueberry and chocolate chip cupcakes would make a perfect addition to your breakfast menu. Try this out and you will end up eating more…

Ingredients:

1. Blueberries- 1 Cup
2. All Purpose Flour- 1 ½ Cups
3. Baking Powder- 1 ½ tsp
4. Baking Soda- ¼ tsp
5. salt- a pinch
6. Sugar- 1 Cup
7. Butter- ¼ Cup
8. Egg- 1 no
9. Buttermilk- ½ Cup
10. Milk- ½ Cup
11. Lemon Zest- 1 lemon
12. Chocolate Chips- ½ Cup (I have used white chocolate chips).

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
2. Coat the blueberries and chocolate chips in 1 tbsp of flour so that it won't sink to the bottom when baked. Keep this aside.
3. Beat the eggs along with lemon zest till fluffy. In another bowl beat the butter and sugar till light and cream.
4. Sieve the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt thrice and keep this aside.
5. In the above egg mixture add the buttermilk and beat well.
6. Slowly fold the sieved flour mixture alternating with milk into the wet ingredients well till the flour and milk gets finished.
7. Add the coated blueberries and chocolate chips in the above cake batter and pour this in a greased cupcake liners and bake for about 20- 25 minutes.

Lemon Blueberry Muffins using Blueberry Compote

When I started baking, I used to try to bake almost all the cakes and among them, I loved citrusy flavor of the lemons. Whenever I go to starbucks, I used to order lemon loaf cake. Then one day I tried making the lemon loaf cake at home which came out successfully.

Blueberries are my favorite among berries. I had so many blueberries left out in refrigerator after making cupcakes, smoothies and so on. So before it gets damaged I thought of preparing blueberry compote, so that I can store them and can use whenever I needed.

By using my favorite ingredient and blueberry compote I thought of preparing something and so this delicious muffins are ready within minutes. Now these muffins have become a staple in my house. We can also make these with fresh blueberries. These muffins are soft, moist, lemony, full of blasted blueberries. These are my daughter’s favorite too. We don’t like to frost cupcakes. Plain is what we prefer the most.

Blueberry Compote:

Ingredients:

1. Blueberries- 2 Cups
2. Water- ¼ Cup
3. Sugar- ¼ Cup
4. Lemon Juice- 2 tsp

Method:

• Combine water, sugar and blueberries Boil for about 10 minutes on low flame, till the berries turn soft. Switch off the flame and add lemon juice. Stir and when it becomes cool, transfer in a glass jar and store in refrigerator.

Lemon Blueberry Muffins

Ingredients:

1. All purpose flour- 2 cups
2. Baking Soda- 1 tsp
3. Salt- a pinch
4. Butter- ½ Cup
5. Whole Milk- ½ Cup
6. Sugar- ¾ Cup
7. Vanilla Essence- 1 tsp
8. Eggs- 2 nos
9. Lemon Juice- 2 tbsp
10. Lemon Zest- 1 no
11. Blueberry Compote- ½ cup

Method:

1. Beat the butter, sugar along with lemon juice and lemon zest to light and creamy. Beat the eggs along with vanilla essence till fluffy in another bowl.
2. Mix the egg mixture to the butter- sugar mixture and beat well.
3. Sieve the flour with baking soda and salt. Fold this flour into the above butter- egg mixture little by little alternating with milk.
4. Fold well without any lumps Pour this in a greased muffin pans and bake for about 20- 25 minutes or till a skewer inserted comes out clean. Enjoy warm or cool muffins.

Happy new year....

Wishing all my readers a very Happy New Year …

In the dawn of this new year, I would like to go back to some of my some of my hit recipes of last year. I cannot differentiate between my recipes as all are dear to me and all the recipes are made with much time and effort. These are some of the recipes which were liked the most across my family, friends and other blog readers.

In January 2012
Tiramisu- Heaven on your tastebuds
This was the cake which from long time I was planning to make and at last it happened. This turned out to be delicious and a hit among the family.
http://myexperimentswithfood.blogspot.in/2012/01/tiramisu-heaven-on-your-taste-buds.html

In February 2012
Basbousa- An Arabian delight
I saw this in a cookery show and tried this and it came out perfect. I liked the name of the dish a lot.
http://myexperimentswithfood.blogspot.in/2012/02/basbousa-arabian-dessert.html

In March 2012
Strawberry Ice cream
I made this without adding any colours and the ice cream has turned out to natural pink colour and it tasted the same as we get in the shop.
http://myexperimentswithfood.blogspot.in/2012/03/strawberry-ice-cream.html

In April 2012
Prawns biryani in pressure cooker- Spicy yet tasty
Usually I make this in the dum method, but here I tried making this in pressure cooker and was perfect.
http://myexperimentswithfood.blogspot.in/2012/04/prawns-biryani-made-in-pressure-cooker.html

In May 2012
Mango Cheesecake
This I made on my cutie pie’s birthday and was loved by all.
http://myexperimentswithfood.blogspot.in/2012/05/mango-cheesecake-for-birthday.html

In June 2012
Stuffed Chicken Masala Bun
As I saw this in Raks kitchen blog, I made it as I had some leftover chicken in fridge. This was a mouth watering snack that can be had at any time.
http://myexperimentswithfood.blogspot.in/2012/06/stuffed-chicken-masala-bun.html

In July 2012
Vanilla Cupcakes with Dora frosting
I got some dora wafers with which I decorated the cupcakes and my kid and her friends ate without leaving any.
http://myexperimentswithfood.blogspot.in/2012/07/vanilla-cupcakes-with-dora-frosting-and.html

In August 2012
Chicken Stuffed Rotis / Erachi Pathiri
I made these for iftar and it was a perfect tea time snack. Now I make these regularly.
http://myexperimentswithfood.blogspot.in/2012/08/erachi-pathiri-chicken-stuffed-rotis.html

In September 2012
Inji Puli / Ginger and tamarind Mix
I made this for the first time on the occasion of onam. A perfect side dish with a sadhya.
http://myexperimentswithfood.blogspot.in/2012/09/inji-puli-ginger-tamarind-mix.html

In October 2012
No bake lemon pie
This is one of the easiest dessert which can be made within minutes and will be a hit.
http://myexperimentswithfood.blogspot.in/2012/10/no-bake-lemon-pie.html

In November 2012
Badam Burfi and Chocolate Burfi
My blog’s 2nd anniversary and I was really happy that my blog crossed the 2nd milestone, so to celebrate it I made these sweets.
http://myexperimentswithfood.blogspot.in/2012/11/badam-burfi-chocolate-burfi-chocolate.html

In December 2012
Banana Loaf Cake
Year 2012’s last post and a very delicious loaf cake.
http://myexperimentswithfood.blogspot.in/2012/12/banana-loaf-cake.html


That was a recap of 2012 for you... :-) Thanks for all the support and encouragement showered on my blog posts. Keep visiting my little blog. This year I plan to treat my blog readers with more different varieties of recipes.

Once again wishing all a very Happy New Year 2013 !!!