Rainbow Cupcakes (Perfect Lemon Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting)
These moist lemon cupcakes are perfect for Springtime or a rainbow themed birthday party!
Ingredients
- For cake:
- 3 cups flour
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 sticks butter melted
- 5 eggs
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 lemon juice & zest
- 1 5.3 oz container of lemon yogurt
- For Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 2 sticks butter room temperature
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 8 oz cream cheese room temperature
- 1/2 tbsp vanilla
- For rainbow cupcakes: Airhead Xtremes Rainbow Belts
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, zest and juice the lemon.
- Add the melted butter, 5 eggs, and vanilla. Beat until well combined.
- Slowly combine the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients alternating with pouring the milk in.
- Once combined, add the lemon yogurt.
- Mix all ingredients until no longer lumpy.
- Pour into a lined cupcake pan.
- Bake at 350 for about 18 minutes.
- Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Beat cream cheese until smooth.
- Add in butter and beat until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar a little at a time.
- Beat until incorporated.
- Add vanilla.
- Fill a piping bag with frosting and decorate as desired!
- If making the rainbow cupcakes- cut the rainbow candies in half, fold into a half moon and place on top of frosting!