These delicious Lemon-Raspberry Cupcakes are the perfect springtime treat, especially with Easter coming up in a couple of weeks. The tartness of the fresh lemon and the sweetness of the raspberry jam combined with moist batter = cupcake perfection.
This cupcake recipe makes 12 cupcakes at 35 cents per serving (that is if you can limit yourself to just eating one).
This batter is really moist and light from the buttermilk and confectioners sugar that you use. It tastes great being licked off the whisk as much as it does once it is cooked.
Many of the reviews on Epicurious suggest that instead of putting the raspberry jam on top of half the batter in the cupcake liner, you should put down 2/3 of the batter so the jam doesn’t sink to the bottom. I guess I must have put in more than 2/3 of my batter in each cupcake liner because I had the problem of the jam coming through the top of the cupcake! I’m not sure what to recommend aside from seeing what works best for you through trial and error.
While my cupcakes don’t look quite ready to be on the cover of Bon Appetit magazine like these cupcakes were on the April 2008 issue, mine still taste yummy. I just need to work a bit more on my icing skills.
Isla wants to make these this weekend!! This post also reminds me that we need to take her annual picture in the daffodils.
you will have to send me photos of isla baking them. perhaps in june we could do some posts on cooking with kids and isla could be the model?
That’s a good idea, she loves cooking and making pastry. The simpler the recipe the better though as she has a very short attention span!!
I am making a variation of these – well, the only similarity is the raspberry jam. Tonight I’m making dark chocolate cupcakes with raspberry jam and for the topping I’m going to whip some fresh whipped cream. I’ll let you know how they turn out. I love this blog, Alex and Carlo, I so enjoy reading your experiences and I have tried many of your recipes. Tomorrow night I’m doing the Thai Beef Salad for the second time!!
Thanks Erin! Your version sounds incredible. I’m not a huge chocolate fan, but I love it when it is combined with raspberries. Do let me know how they turn out!