These lemon drizzle cupcakes are just about perfect.
These lemon drizzle cupcakes are light and fluffy while also moist and tangy. They’re just about perfect and very easy to make.
I adapted the recipe from Mary Berry’s lemon drizzle traybake recipe. So if you want to make a bigger cake, you might want to take a look at Mary’s original recipe.
Ingredients
- 4 oz / 115 g butter at room temperature or baking margarine straight from the fridge
- 4 oz / 115 g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp milk
- Finely-grated zest of 1 lemon
- 1 level teaspoon baking powder
- 5 oz / 140 g self-raising flour, sifted
For the glaze
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 3 oz / 85 g granulated or caster sugar
Method
Put 12 cupcake cases in your cupcake/muffin tin. Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees C (160 fan)/350 degrees F/ Gas Mark 4.
Mary Berry is a long-time advocate of all-in-one method. You put all the cake ingredients into a mixer and stir for two minutes to make the cake batter. Personally, I’ve always found I get a much lighter, fluffier sponge if I combine the ingredients in the following steps.
Firstly, beat the butter/margarine for 1-2 minutes until it becomes pale. Add the sugar and beat for another 1-2 minutes until the mixture is light and fluffy.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating between each addition. Combine the flour, baking powder and lemon zest in a bowl. Add a third of these dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Fold the dry ingredients in, then add a tablespoon of milk and stir again. Add another third of the dry ingredients and the second tablespoon of milk. Finally add the last of the dry ingredients and fold the mixture until you have a smooth cake batter.
Divide your lemon drizzle cake batter between your twelve cupcake cases.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until the cakes have risen, turned golden, and a knife or toothpick inserted into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean.
Leave the lemon drizzle cupcakes to cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, make the drizzle. Combine the sugar and lemon juice and stir until you have a smooth mixture.
Move your cupcakes onto a wire cooling rack. Put the rack over the cupcake tin or another tray to catch drips. Pierce each cupcake several times with a toothpick or skewer.
Pour a teaspoonful of lemon drizzle over each cupcake and/or use a pastry brush to spread it over the whole surface. Leave the lemon drizzle cupcakes to finish cooling completely.
These lemon drizzle cupcakes will keep in an airtight container for 3-4 days when stored in a cool, dry place.
If you’re looking for other lemon recipes, you might like:
Delicate lemon cupcakes with lemon buttercream icing
Simple lemon sponge traybake with feathered icing
These sound so amazing – lemon drizzle cake in ANY form is my favourite!
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They turned out so so so well. Mary Berry knows what she’s doing! 🙂 And in cupcake form they’re such a nice portion size too.
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Yum! Those look so moist!
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They are! Even my husband (notoriously hard to please) commented on how nice they were, so they have to be good 🙂
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Those look delicious!!! I love lemon drizzle cake so I think I will definitely be making these at some point!! 🙂
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I’m so pleased with how they turned out. I even got praise from my husband, who usually just eats my baking without comment (which means it’s good, but not extraordinary!). He went to the effort of giving me a short review of these, detailed how good they are! I’ll definitely have to make them again soon 🙂
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He obviously doesn’t know how lucky he is, I would love to have a live in baker :p
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They look so pretty and delicious. Thanks for the recipe.
Marilyn
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Thank you, they are lovely. It’s a very reliable recipe and the results are great 🙂
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I am drooling, lemon drizzle my favourite cake. but no time to make 😦
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I haven’t made one for AGES. This week I had a real craving, and this recipe was great and quick!
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So cute, Claire!
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Thank you. I was delighted with how well they rose and the lemon flavour is lovely.
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You’re cakes always look so delicious 😘😘
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Thank you! These ones are particularly nice. Sometimes lemon is better than chocolate! 🙂
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I love lemon drizzle. You have such a delicious range
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Thank you very much!
I love lemon-flavoured cakes and desserts. They often get over-looked in favour of chocolate, but sometimes lemon is better 🙂
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Yum!!!!!!!!!!!!
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That describes them exactly! 🙂
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These look delicious – and just the right size to go with a cuppa! Will definitely try this, thanks 🙂
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Thank you! They are perfect with a nice cup of tea 🙂 I hope they turn out well for you too!
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Yum!! that is my favorite kind of cupcake (:
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They’re my new favourite! 🙂
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They look so good!!! And lemon is my favorite flavor so this one goes straight on my “to try” list! x
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I hope they turn out well for you. They’re delicious. Some weeks I’m just not in the mood for chocolate and I love lemon desserts 🙂
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Same here! I made a hundred financiers yesterday and a few madeleines with lemon zest. But I never neglect chocolate too long 😂
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Looks delicious. I have made lemon drizzle loaf before. Its one of those cakes, I forget how nice it is until I taste it. I normally go straight for the chocolate. Looking forward to your Easter recipes.
Amanda.
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I’m usually a chocolate person too 🙂 But sometimes lemon is tough to beat! Plus, I’ve been doing quite a few choccie recipes recently and started to wonder if the people who’ve given up chocolate for Lent might start to hate me!! 🙂
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I love lemon cake, so I’m sure I would love these cupcakes! xx
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You would! The flavour is just lovely and the crunchy drizzle topping is perfect 🙂 These are my new favourites!
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Your lemon cupcakes with buttercream icing were a real hit at home and these look delicious as well! Then again, I love anything lemon. 😉
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These are just as delicious and a bit easier to make because it’s a lot easier to put together the drizzle than make up a buttercream 🙂 I’ll be making these again soon because they were a big hit here!
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That’s very true! I’ll definitely be trying this recipe as well.
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I’m so envious of your baking skills oh my gosh haha it looks sooooo good, and I’m sure it tastes even better! 😍😍
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They were delicious! And easy to make, so I’m sure I’ll be making them again soon.
Thank you 🙂
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Lemon cupcakes sound delicious! Yum!
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I LOVE Lemon and will definitely be trying these one day soon!
I hope everyone else enjoys this wonderful and delicious looking recipe!
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Thank you! 🙂
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No, thank you. These sound great and will give me a good excuse to try out the Russian icing tips I bought!
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These look delicious! I love lemon drizzle cake! Definitely trying these!
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They were lovely – even though I do say so myself! 🙂 I hope they turn out well for you too.
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I’ve tried them! There delicious! I do many recipes too if you’re interested! xx
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I’m definitely in the novice-in-the-kitchen zone, and I’m actually tempted to give these a go! Love any kind of lemon drizzle cake, thank you for this x
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These turned out really well and were surprisingly straightforward to make. I hope they turn out well for you too 🙂
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Lovely decoration.
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Thank you!
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