Lemon Cupcakes with Blueberry Frosting

• Vegetarian
• Gluten free

• Produce

  • 1/3 cup Blueberries, fresh
  • 2 Lemons, juice and zest

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp Baking soda
  • 3 3/4 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Tapioca starch
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 1 cup White rice flour
  • 3/4 tsp Xanthan gum

• Dairy

  • 3/4 cup Butter
  • 9/16 cup Milk

Found on glutenfreewithlb.com

Description

Ingredients

• ½ c. butter, melted
• 1 c. sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 t. vanilla
• 1 c. white rice flour
• ½ c. tapioca starch
• ¾ t. xanthan gum
• (Or 1 ½ c. all-purpose GF/non-GF flour instead of the above 3 ingredients.)
• 1 ½ t. baking powder
• ¼ t. baking soda
• ½ t. salt
• ½ c. milk (almond or soy milk works great, too)
• 2 lemons, juice and zest (about ¼ c. juice)
• 4 T. butter, softened
• 1/3 c. fresh blueberries
• 3 ¾ c. powdered sugar
• 1-2 T. milk (optional)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cupcake muffin pan with 12 cupcake liners. Spray each with non-stick cooking spray.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine butter and sugar. Mix for 1 minute on medium.
• Add eggs and vanilla and mix on medium for another 2 minutes, or until mixture becomes fluffy.
• In a medium-sized bowl, combine rice flour, tapioca starch, xanthan gum, powder, soda and salt. Toss to combine.
• Alternatively add dry ingredients and milk into the butter/sugar mixture, starting and ending with the dry ingredients.
• Lastly, mix in lemon juice and zest until well combined. (You might have to do this by hand since the mixing blade might trap the zest if you have long strips!)
• Fill each cupcake muffin liner to ¾ full and bake cupcakes for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Place butter, blueberries and 2 c. powdered sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer. Cream until incorporated. Add next cup of powdered sugar and cream until incorporated. Add the last ¾ c. of powdered sugar (and maybe 1-2 T. milk, depending on your desired consistency) and cream until smooth.
• Once cupcakes are completely cooled, frost with blueberry frosting and enjoy!

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