Perfect for summer these cupcakes scream summer time. Learn how to make raspberry lemon cupcakes for your next get together.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cupcakes, gourmet cupcakes
Servings: 24
Equipment
Stand Mixer
Cupcake Pan
Oven
Ingredients
Cupcakes
Lemon Cake Mix
1CWater
1/2CButter, unsalted, room temp
3largeEggs
2CRaspberries, fresh
Frosting
2CButter, unsalted, room temp
4 1/2CPowdered Sugar
3-6tspHeavy Whipping Cream
2TbspLemon Juice, fresh
1largeLemon, zested
1large canRaspberry Pie Filling
Crumble Topping
1/2CLight Brown Sugar
1tspCinnamon
1/4CSugar
1/4tspSalt, Kosher
1/2CButter, unsalted, melted
1 1/4CFlour
Instructions
I know this looks like a lot of work but it really is not. There are stages to making cupcakes so I thought breaking the ingredients down into those stages would be helpful. You only need to pull out the items that you stage you are currently working on.First, we are going to make the cupcakes.Move the rack in the oven to the center position and set the oven to preheat to 350F.In a large bowl, combine the lemon cake mix, water, butter, and eggs. Mix well.Gently fold in the fresh raspberries.Tip - be sure to pat the raspberries dry after washing them. Fill each cupcake liner to be about 3/4 of the way full.Bake for 19 minutes or until a light golden brown.Let the cupcakes cool completely before moving on to the next stage.Once the cupcakes are cool it's time to make the frosting.In a stand mixer combine the butter and powdered sugar. Cream them on high until they start to thicken.Add in the lemon juice and zest.If the frosting is too thick, thin it with a little heavy cream. If it's too thin, add in more powdered sugar.Once you have the desired consistency for the buttercream scoop the frosting into the pastry bagwith the star tip.Next, pipe a ring around the top of the cupcake. You want to make it like a nest for the raspberry filling.Then, spoon some raspberry filling into the center of the ring.Now it's time to make the crumble!In a medium size bowl combine the brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, salt, melted butter and flour.Mix well until it turns into crumbles. You can mix with a fork or with your hands, whichever you prefer.Sprinkle the crumble topping on the cupcake.Enjoy!