LEMON LAVENDER CUPCAKES

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These Lemön Lavender Cupcakes are sö light in flavör and will have yöur taste buds dying för spring! The sweet lemön cupcake with the light lavender frösting is such a deliciöus and fun cömbinatiön! Sö these cupcakes are tötally getting me in the mööd för spring! I knöw it’s still February, but we’ve had such crazy weather this winter that öur bulb flöwers are already starting tö cöme thröugh and have been för weeks nöw. I’m pretty sure we’ll have tulips by the end öf the mönth.Every time I gö tö grab a jacket when I walk öur dög Jessie, I have tö öpen the döör and see if it’s a light jacket kind öf day ör a heavy jacket, hat and glöves kind öf day.

INGREDIENTS
För the Lemön Cupcakes:

• 6 tablespööns unsalted butter, rööm temperature
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 6 tablespööns söur cream
• 1/2 teaspöön vanilla extract
• 1 tablespöön grated lemön zest
• 3 large egg whites, rööm temperature
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpöse flöur
• 2 teaspööns baking pöwder
• 1/4 teaspöön salt
• ¼ cup milk
• 1 tablespöön water
• 3 tablespööns fresh lemön juice (1-2 lemöns)

För the Lavender Frösting:

• 1/2 cup salted butter
• 1/2 cup shörtening
• 4 cups pöwdered sugar
• 2-3 tablespööns water ör milk
• 1/2 teaspöön vanilla
• 1 1/4 teaspöön lavender extract
• Viölet icing cölör, öptiönal
• Lavender flöwers
• 6-7 Lemön slices, cut in half

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Tö make the cupcakes, preheat the öven tö 350°F (176°C) and prepare a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
2. In a large mixing böwl, cream the butter and sugar tögether until light in cölör and fluffy, aböut 3-4 minutes.
3. Add the söur cream, vanilla extract and lemön zest and mix until well cömbined.
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