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    Home » Recipes » Dessert » Cakes

    Lemon Shamrock Cupcakes and Cupcakes! Giveaway

    Published by Melissa on March 15, 2012 | Updated June 10, 2022 |

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    Luscious lemon cupcakes topped with lemon cream cheese frosting, sprinkles and a cute gumdrop shamrock. 

    Liz, the Cupcake Lady at Hoosier Homemade, has a fun new eBook, Cupcakes! 12 Months of Happiness.

    In “Cupcakes! 12 Months of Happiness” you will find a cupcake for each month that is sure to please children and adults alike. Some of them were inspired from Cupcake Tuesday and some are from the Cupcake Chronicles Newsletter. But all of them are newly designed to make them easy and kid-friendly.

    Liz gave me a copy of Cupcakes! to review and cute, easy-to-make shamrock cupcakes are the March cupcake. The adorable bunny and pretty flower cupcakes would also be perfect for spring. I made lemon cupcakes with a lemon cream cheese frosting, but you could use any flavor you liked best.

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    Lemon Shamrock Cupcakes

    Prep Time5 mins
    Cook Time20 mins
    Additional Time10 mins
    Total Time35 mins
    Course: Cakes
    Servings: 18 -24 cupcakes
    Author: Barbara Schieving
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    Ingredients

    Cupcakes

    • 1 white cake mix
    • 2 tablespoons [lemon juice powder]
    • 1 ½ cups buttermilk
    • 2 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil
    • 4 eggs

    Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

    • 4 ounces cream cheese softened
    • 2 tablespoons butter softened
    • 1 tablespoon [lemon juice powder]
    • 2 cups powdered sugar

    Instructions

    • Lemon Cupcakes
    • Combined cake mix and lemon juice powder. Add buttermilk, oil and eggs and mix and bake according to package directions.

    Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting:

    • In a large bowl, beat together butter and cream cheese.
    • With the mixer on low speed, add the lemon juice powder and powdered sugar a cup at a time until smooth and creamy. Add more powdered sugar if necessary to get a thick spreadable frosting.

    Giveaway:

    Liz also offered to giveaway one copy of Cupcakes! to one lucky Barbara Bakes’ reader. To enter just leave a comment on this post before before Thursday, March 22 at noon, MST, and tell me what is your favorite way to dress up a cupcake.

    For extra entries:

    Follow @BarbaraBakes on Twitter
    Like Barbara Bakes on Facebook
    Follow @HoosierHomemade on Twitter
    Like Hoosier Homemade on Facebook

    Leave a separate comment for each entry. Be sure your email address is included with your comment(s). Winner will be chosen randomly and notified by email.

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    1. Cindy

      March 20, 2012 at 12:10 pm

      Awww they look so good it’ll be hard to eat them ! I mean it seems so barbaric to just…eat them ..you know LIKE THAT 🙂

    2. Carmen

      March 19, 2012 at 8:20 pm

      I follow @BarbaraBakes (@cmouse01)

    3. Carmen

      March 19, 2012 at 8:19 pm

      I love making cupcakes, but sadly I’ve never done anything with them except frost and maybe use sprinkles.

    4. pavithra

      March 19, 2012 at 4:24 pm

      They looks awesome… Cupcake looks very very cute..Perfect for the day!!!

    5. teresa

      March 19, 2012 at 1:27 pm

      those are the CUTEST cupcakes! my favorite is good old sprinkles, i’m pretty basic 🙂

    6. Roxana GreenGirl { A little bit of everything}

      March 19, 2012 at 11:30 am

      these cupcakes are so cute! love the gummy shamrock decorations

    7. Deborah

      March 19, 2012 at 9:08 am

      I’m not a very good decorator, but I do love to dress up cupcakes with frosting!! And sprinkles!

    8. Cathy at Wives with Knives

      March 19, 2012 at 8:46 am

      Oh my, another King Arthur product to add to my shopping list. Pretty, festive cupcakes, Barbara, with their shamrock toppers. I’m eager to try this cake recipe with the buttermilk and cake mix. Hope you had a lovely weekend.

    9. Kitchen Belleicious

      March 19, 2012 at 5:32 am

      Love this giveaway! I need that book! The cupcakes could not be any cuter! I am wishing I had made them this weekend! YUM!

    10. Barbara

      March 19, 2012 at 5:12 am

      Super way to serve those cupcakes, Barbara. I love the shamrocks! 🙂 And such an easy recipe, too.
      I usually top my cupcakes with tons of frosting and a piece of fruit.

    11. Anuja

      March 19, 2012 at 3:47 am

      Love the cream cheese frosting. But usually its chocolate whipped cream at my place because thats what the kids want 🙂

    12. Katherine Martinelli

      March 18, 2012 at 2:57 pm

      These are too cute!! That book looks fab. I usually keep my cupcakes simple, and my favorite is mocha frosting. But I’d love some additional inspiration 🙂

    13. Michelle B

      March 18, 2012 at 2:27 am

      Just simple vanilla buttercream frosting and sprinkles. Boring I know, but the kids love it.

    14. Kesha

      March 17, 2012 at 10:58 am

      I like my cupcakes with peanut butter cups!

    15. sandie

      March 17, 2012 at 10:45 am

      My favorite way to dress up a cupcake is just with a big, swirly mountain of swiss meringue buttercream and a touch of sprinkles. Yummmmmmy. but then again, I think everything tastes better with buttercream…. Best, Sandie

    16. Sara (Belly Rumbles)

      March 17, 2012 at 7:55 am

      They look absolutely gorgeous.

    17. Lori

      March 17, 2012 at 7:49 am

      I love chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting and chocolate sprinkles. I know it’s simple and not fancy at all…but it’s a classic in my house

    18. Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers

      March 17, 2012 at 7:33 am

      The cupcakes look beautiful and tasty!!

    19. Jill

      March 17, 2012 at 6:30 am

      Sprinkles 🙂 They just make everyone happy!
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    20. Lisa

      March 17, 2012 at 6:12 am

      Well..I’d be fibbing if I told you what my favorite way to dress up a cupcake is because I don’t make cupcakes often, so I suppose, a tall, swirly of frosting is as far as I go when I do make them. However, if I could make a cupcake that looks like yours, I’d probably make them more often! They are stunning, Barb! What a St Pat’s Day treat! I think I’m in dire need of that book lol

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