Luscious Lemon Glazed Cupcakes Recipe

Simple to make and amazingly moist, these delicious lemon glazed cupcakes literally melt in your mouth! They are perfect for spring parties and anytime with a cup of tea or coffee.

These are hands down the most lemony, melt-in-your-mouth cupcakes we’ve ever had! In our family, it’s a toss up between chocolate and lemon for favorite dessert flavors. Mostly, chocolate wins (Quick And Easy Chocolate Lava Cakes, Whole Wheat Dark Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes, and Fudgy Espresso Truffle Bars Recipe to name just a few), but lemon holds a dear place in our hearts.

Whenever we’re in the mood for a light and bright flavor – usually when the weather is also light and bright – we always go to lemon. Lemon Berry Cake Recipe with the BEST Lemon Frosting is wonderful for a celebration, but when you just want a refreshing dessert for tea or coffee, lemon glazed cupcakes can be your new go-to recipe.

My daughter and her friends often made these in high school when they were wanting to bake, they’re that simple. The first time she made them, we were all surprised at how wonderful they tasted when we were just expecting a run-of-the-mill cupcake.

We’ve since made them for birthdays, spring holidays, as well as anytime a lemon cupcake sounds good!

Lemon Glazed Cupcakes

This cupcake recipe, while simple, does take a little bit of extra time to make because it uses a method of mixing the dry ingredients alternately with the liquid. Of course this only adds a little time – they are still easy cupcakes, after all!

The technique of adding liquid and dry ingredients alternately is often used in cakes to build air into the batter, which creates a lighter texture. And wow, does it work here – don’t be tempted to skip this and just add the ingredients all at the same time, this is what elevates these yummy cupcakes from that normal cupcake we were expecting the first time we made them.

Between the alternating technique, the sour cream or yogurt (both work equally well), and the lemon, the cupcakes turn out perfect every time, with that melt-in-your-mouth goodness.

That’s the mark of a great recipe, for sure.

Click the arrow for the full Lemon Glazed Cupcakes recipe (with print options)!

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