Ingredients for - Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Frosting

1. White sugar, or more to taste ¾ cup
2. Butter, softened ½ cup
3. Eggs 2
4. Lemon extract 2 teaspoons
5. Baking powder ½ teaspoon
6. Salt ¼ teaspoon
7. All-purpose flour 1 ½ cups
8. Cold milk ⅔ cup
9. Butter, softened 3 tablespoons
10. Lemon extract 2 teaspoons
11. Milk, or more as needed 1 teaspoon
12. Confectioners' sugar, or more as needed 1 cup

How to cook deliciously - Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Frosting

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease or line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.

2 . Stage

Beat white sugar, 1/2 cup butter, eggs, and 2 teaspoons lemon extract together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; add baking powder and salt and beat until smooth. Slowly mix flour, alternating with cold milk, into butter mixture until batter is just mixed. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.

3 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes.

4 . Stage

Beat 3 tablespoons butter, 2 teaspoons lemon extract, and milk together until smooth. Beat confectioners' sugar into butter mixture until desired consistency is reached; spread onto cupcakes.