About the bake
With a burst of zesty lemon, this recipe is a fresh take on the popular blueberry muffin recipe. Our Blueberry Lemon Muffins use a zingy combination of lemons and blueberries for a sweet and sour taste. The lemon icing really adds in that extra depth of flavour. Make sure your cupcakes are fully cooled before icing.
Method
Step 1:
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 4).
Step 2:
Line a muffin tin with 12 paper cases.
Step 3:
Place the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat with a wooden spoon or electric mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs a little at a time until smooth, adding a little flour if the mixture curdles.
Step 4:
Stir in the flour, baking powder and lemon zest until smooth.
Step 5:
Place heaped dessert spoonfuls of the mixture into each cupcake case and poke about 4 blueberries in each one.
Step 6:
Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and just firm to the touch. Allow to cool completely.
Step 7:
Blend together the icing sugar, butter and lemon extract to make a soft buttercream.
Step 8:
Spread the mixture over the muffin and top with a few blueberries.
Step 9:
Your finished muffins will keep for approximately 3 days in a cake tin or they can be frozen.
Ingredients
For the muffins
- 150g Butter (unsalted) (room temperature)
- 150g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 3 Egg(s) (free range) (beaten)
- 150g Allinson's Plain White Flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1 Lemon zest
- 150g Blueberries
For the decoration
- 125g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
- 0.5 tsp Nielsen-Massey Lemon Extract
- 50g Butter (unsalted)
- 125g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
Utensils
- Muffin tin
- Muffin cases
- Mixing bowl
- Wooden spoon
- Electric mixer
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Ingredients
For the muffins
- 150g Butter (unsalted) (room temperature)
- 150g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 3 Egg(s) (free range) (beaten)
- 150g Allinson's Plain White Flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1 Lemon zest
- 150g Blueberries
For the decoration
- 125g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
- 0.5 tsp Nielsen-Massey Lemon Extract
- 50g Butter (unsalted)
- 125g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
Utensils
- Muffin tin
- Muffin cases
- Mixing bowl
- Wooden spoon
- Electric mixer