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Saturday, 28 February 2009

Actual Edible Cupcakes

Homemade Lemon CupcakesSally and the kids are visiting today so I was up and about early this morning baking these cupcakes to have after lunch. The cakes are vanilla with just a touch of lemon zest and they're filled with zingy lemon curd. I've topped them with delicious lemon cream cheese frosting and decorated them with little lemon jelly slices. Citrustastic!
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6 comments:

  1. Unknown28 February 2009 at 21:01

    Mmmmmmmmmm I could just eat one of those.

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  2. Pretty Things28 February 2009 at 22:54

    Gimme gimme! Love the lemon slices! And how do you get the icing to look like that, and not all -- messy?

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  3. Laura Sparling28 February 2009 at 23:08

    The lemon slices are really old school cake decorations. They come in a tub of orange and lemon ones mixed together. Fun though!

    As for the icing, I put a heaped teaspoon onto each cake and then gently smooth it out with the back of the spoon in a roundy-round motion. I don't spread it to the edges - gravity kind of takes over and the icing finds its own level and smooths itself out.

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  4. jelveh Designs28 February 2009 at 23:42

    oh they are yum, I want some next time I come over...
    I know how she does the icing Lori, just like she does the crazy precision stringer work, very very calmly and with patience...I love all the lemon...

    Jelveh
    Peace

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  5. Laura Sparling1 March 2009 at 08:49

    You got it, Jelveh!

    And Lori, Jelveh is right. The woman's only met me once and already I feel that she knows how my mind works! :o)

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  6. Anonymous1 March 2009 at 11:12

    I absolutely love lemon cakes, these look gorgeous Laura. Well done!

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