Moist lemon cupcakes filled with lemon cheesecake filling topped with creamy blue buttercream.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cupcake recipe, easter, lemon
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 50 minutesminutes
Servings 24cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes
3/4 cupvegetable oil
1 1/2cupsgranulated sugar
3eggs, large
1tspvanilla extract
juice of 1 lemon
2 1/2cupsall-purpose flour
1tbspbaking powder
1/2tspsalt
1cupbuttermilk
1/2cupsour cream
Filling
18 ozcream cheese
3/4cup condensed milk
Juice and zest of 1/2 lemon
Frosting
1 cupunsalted butter, softened (2 sticks)
3cupspowdered sugar
1/4tsp salt
2tbspheavy cream
1/2tspvanilla extract
light blue food gel
Speckles
1tspcocoa powder
2tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Filling
Add cream cheese, condensed milk, and lemon juice and zest to a bowl. Beat with a hand mixer under smooth. Spoon into a bowl and cover with a lid. Refrigerate overnight.
Cupcakes
In a stand mixer add olive oil and sugar. Mix at medium speed. Add eggs one at a time, vanilla, lemon juice and zest. Mix again. Add dry ingredients. Mix and add buttermilk at the same time.Add cupcake liners to cupcake baking pans. Divide batter between them. Bake in a 350 degree pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.
Frosting
Add butter and powdered sugar to a stand mixer. Mix on medium speed while adding lemon juice and zest and vanilla. Add a few drops of blue food gel until you get to your desired shade. Place frosting in a piping bag and cut off the tip for a 1/2-1 inch opening.
Assembly
Use a knife or an apple corer to remove the center of the cupcakes.Fill a second piping bag with the cheesecake filling. Pipe the filling into the hole of each cupcake. Then cover the hole with the top you removed.Pipe the frosting on top of the cupcakes in a circular motion. To make the speckles, add the cocoa powder and vanilla to a small dish and mix. Take a large paint brush, dip the brush in the mixture, and use your fingers to flick the cocoa mixture all over the cupcakes. Garnish with Easter eggs if desired