Lemon Glaze Cupcake

Turmeric gives the dough a rich yellow color. And the lemon cake turns out not only very beautiful, but also incredibly fragrant, tasty and tender.

• Recipe author: Daria Rodionova
• After preparation, you will receive 8 servings
• Cooking time: 40 minutes
• Prep time: 15 minutes
• Total recipe preparation time: 55 minutes

Ingredients

• Eggs 4 pieces
• Sugar 170 g
• Butter 200 g + for lubrication
• Lemon 1 piece
• Vanilla sugar 10 g
• Flour 270 g
• Turmeric ¹⁄₂ tsp spoons
• Baking powder 1 tsp the spoon
• Salt 1 pinch
• Powdered sugar 4-6 tbsp. spoons

Cooking method

• Separate the whites from the yolks. Beat the last with a mixer, gradually adding sugar. You should get a white mass.

• Add softened butter and mix with a mixer.

• Add finely grated lemon zest and vanilla sugar. Pour in the juice of half a lemon and whisk again.

• Sift half the flour with turmeric and baking powder.

• Pour this mixture into the egg and mix with a mixer until smooth.

• Then add the remaining sifted flour in portions.

  You may need less flour, depending on the quality and size of the eggs. Focus on the consistency of the dough: it should be quite thick.

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• Add salt to the proteins and beat with a mixer until fluffy white foam.

• Insert it gently into the dough.

• Grease a baking dish with butter and add the dough to it.

• Place in an oven preheated to 170 ° C for 40–55 minutes.

  After about 35 minutes after starting cooking, periodically check the readiness with a wooden stick. If it comes out of the cake dry, then you can take it out.

• For the icing, combine the juice of the second half of the lemon and the icing sugar.

• While the cake is still warm, brush it with icing.

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