Reviewed: May 23, 2007

I really loved the flavor (the touch of lemon zest was not overpowering)and the texture of these cupcakes. I halved the recipe, but I kept the icing ingredients the same. I was still only able to frost 13 cupcakes, so next time I will really double up on the icing, which was melt-in-your-mouth good!

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GRANNYLOOHOO

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Reviewed: May 19, 2007

Great cupcakes! I needed to make more frosting to cover all of the cupcakes, I also added some yellow food coloring and placed lemon wedges on top of the cupcakes.

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Reviewed: May 15, 2007

I made these for Easter, they looked great and tasted great! I love the light and freshness of the lemon flavor. If you like lemon you gotta try them!

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DANELLE

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Reviewed: May 13, 2007

Great flavor - nice moist, dense cupcakes. Frosting added a great finishing touch!

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Leslie

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Reviewed: May 9, 2007

I made these for a bridal shower a few years back, and used them as the table decorations. I overturned my crystal and set a cupcake on each base, which now was at the top. My daughter liked the idea so much she requested I do the same thing for her bridal shower, adding "and make those delicious lemon cupcakes too!"

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Reviewed: Apr. 29, 2007

I loved the tartness of the frosting...although i do think I used a tad more lemon juice, and zest, than required in the recipe. I overcooked the cake just a bit...but w/ homemade cake this makes it very stiff and dry. Good flavor- i'll make it again and try not to overcook the cake.

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Reviewed: Apr. 28, 2007

Made these as an Easter treat. They were melt in your mouth good. Especially pretty when topped with grated lemon zest.

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Reviewed: Apr. 27, 2007

These are wonderful! Very moist and devine! I didnt have sour cream so I used light vanilla yogurt and had no lemon zest or juice so i added lemon extract to the batter and icing. I didnt follow the icing recipe exactly but used it as a reference, also added 1 drop yellow food coloring. Sprinkled poppy seeds on top of icing. I'm addicted to these!

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kleerae

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Reviewed: Apr. 18, 2007

This was an easy recipe to make and the cake actually turned out beautifully! The icing I wasn't a big fan off, my niece and nephew are BIG lemon cake fans - but they didn't care for this recipe at all. Overall they were OK.

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Reviewed: Mar. 23, 2007

I thought these were very good and very easy to make. They had a real nice lemon twang.

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Reviewed: Mar. 14, 2007

Yum! I was actually in search of a recipe for vanilla cupcakes. So I just replaced the lemon with more vanilla and they turned out great. I didn't have the problems with the frosting another reviewer talked about. Maybe the butter he/she used was too warm. My frosting was a bit too soft at first but after I put it in the freezer for about three minutes it was just right. Thanks for sharing this recipe.

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Catrin

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Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2007

This was a nice and easy lemon cupcake. I used a basic frosting of shortening, butter, and confectioner's sugar and added lemon to it.

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Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2007

I really liked these. I've eaten 3 and had to stop myself for going back for more. I used plain yogurt instead of the sour cream. The reason they don't get 5 stars is because I did have to add more powdered sugar to the frosting. If I hadn't it would have been too runny. I will be making these again without a doubt. Many Thanks.

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Reviewed: Feb. 7, 2007

I made these last night as an early valentines treat. They are fantastic! Moist and cakey. I give them 10 stars out of 5! My bf ate 5 for dessert! I did add more lemon zest and about 2 drops of yellow food dye to brighten the colour a bit. I also made my own icing (1 pkg cream cheese, 3tbsp softened butter, 2-3 tbsp sour cream and about a pkg of icing sugar or enough to make it stiff) and I decorated the tops with white and yellow candy hearts. Definataly try these!

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