Lemon Creme Cupcakes

A twist of citrus and a surprise creamy inside make these starry Lemon Creme Cupcakes heavenly.

Prep: 35 min | Total: 1 hr 40 min | Yield: 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

Cupcakes

1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow or lemon cake mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

Filling

3/4 cup Betty Crocker® Whipped vanilla frosting (from 12 ounce container)
1/2 cup Marshmallow Creme

Frosting

1 (12 ounce) container Betty Crocker® Whipped butter cream frosting
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup Betty Crocker® star decors

Instructions

Heat oven to 350 degrees F (325 degrees F for dark or nonstick pans).
Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool in pans for 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
By slowly spinning end of round handle of wooden spoon back and forth, make deep, 3/4 inch wide indentation in center of top of each cupcake, not quite to bottom (wiggle end of spoon in cupcake to make opening large enough).
In a small bowl, mix filling ingredients. Spoon into small resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Cut 3/8-inch tip off one bottom corner of bag. Insert tip of bag into opening in each cupcake; squeeze bag to fill opening.
In a medium bowl, stir together 1 container butter cream frosting, the lemon peel and lemon juice. Frost cupcakes. Sprinkle with stars.

Notes

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Follow High Altitude directions for cupcakes on cake mix box.

Special Touch: Use sugared edible flowers to garnish these cupcakes.

Did You Know?: You'll get more lemon juice from a room-temperature lemon than from a cold one.

Nutrition

Per 1 cupcake: Calories 220 (Calories from Fat 80); Total Fat 9g (Saturated Fat 2 1/2g, Trans Fat 2g); Cholesterol 25mg; Sodium 170mg; Total Carbohydrate 31g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 21g); Protein 1g

Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 4%; Iron 2000%

Exchanges: 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 2

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Betty Crocker