Lemon Cream cupcakes

I wanted to try a recipe from my new cookbook that I got for Christmas.

We had bought a lemon cake mix the last time we went shopping so I went with this recipe. For those of you that don't have this book, here's the recipe:

Lemon Cream cupcakes

1 box lemon cake mix

2 eggs

1 cup sour cream

1 (8 oz) package cream cheese

2 Tbsp. grated lemon zest

1 recipe whipped cream

1 tsp. lemon extract

1/2 cup crushed lemon drop candy

Mix together cake mix, eggs, sour cream, and cream cheese until smooth and creamy. Add grated lemon zest and combine. Scoop batter into paper liners, filling 3/4 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Remove and cool cupcakes on a wire rack. Add lemon extract to whipped cream and combine well. Top cooled cupcakes with lemon whipped cream and crushed lemon candies.

I love frosting and didn't want to do the whipped cream thing so I found a lemon butter cream frosting recipe also in the book and went with that.

Lemon frosting

8 Tbsp. (1 stick) butter at room temp

3 3/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted

3-4 Tbsp. milk or cream

1-2 drops food coloring

2 tsp lemon extract

Can I just say yum?

There's something about home made frosting.

I need to work on my frosting technique but they taste awesome and that's what I'm going with. They were also super easy. I didn't sift the powdered sugar or put the lemon zest in the batter and they still turned out great - aren't those just suggestions anyways?

I'm good at leaving out things that I don't love in a recipe.

Anyways, I need to get these out of my house cause they are good!