Chocolate Lemon Cupcakes

The Story:

My name is Lizzy and I bake cupcakes. That you know. But here’s something you may not know…

I melt into a puddle whenever a man with a pair of brown eyes even glances at me. Brown eyes are just so cozy and warm that I forget how to talk and I tend to make a complete fool of myself whenever they’re around. I’ve walked into doors, dropped bowls of food on myself, tripped and fallen on my face when a handsome 6’3” man with brown eyes looks my way. And if he has brown hair to match? Oh wow, don’t even get me started on the amount of men with that combo that think I’m a clutz, ditz and a fool.

I always tend to scoff at blonde-haired and blue-eyed boys who look more like they belong on a beach than in the library. But you know what, sometimes (twice) it’s just that combo that stops me in my tracks and makes me rethink my whole brown-eye love.

Here’s to opposites attracting and taking a second look.[end-story]

Chocolate Lemon Cupcakes

Yield: 20-24 cupcakes

Chocolate Lemon Cupcakes

Ingredients

Cake

box devil's food cake mix

3 eggs

1/2 C. oil

3/4 C. buttermilk

1/2 C. plain yogurt or sour cream

2 tsp. vanilla extract

1 C. mini chocolate chips, optional

Lemon Cream Frosting:

1/2 C. butter, softened

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

zest of 2 lemons

1 tsp. lemon juice

1 tsp. vanilla extract

3-4 C. powdered sugar, as needed

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with cupcake liners.

2. Sift cake mix into a small bowl and set aside.

3. In a large bowl, combine eggs, oil, buttermilk, yogurt and vanilla extract until smooth.

4. Stir in cake mix.

5. Stir in chocolate chips.

6. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 17-22 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.

7. Frosting: Beat butter, cream cheese and lemon zest until smooth. Scrape down bowl as needed. Add lemon juice and vanilla extract and slowly add in powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency.

8. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes and top with sprinkles or chocolates.

9. Go find blue-eyed boy who makes your heart melt and give him some cupcakes

7 thoughts on “Chocolate Lemon Cupcakes”

Emma says:

February 5, 2013 at 3:30 pm

oh wow, these look so yummy. i love chocolate and i love lemon so this is bound to be a delicious combo.

Chelsea {Whatcha Makin' Now?} says:

February 5, 2013 at 5:58 pm

Yummy! These sound delicious! “Melt into a puddle” – so funny!

Edith says:

February 5, 2013 at 11:14 pm

Your pictures are wonderful. I don’t even care about the ingredients, the pictures make me want to bake!

marie says:

February 11, 2013 at 5:39 pm

This is going to be the cupcakes I make for Easter. I hope to find a cute little bunny to sit on top of the icing.

kristen says:

May 24, 2014 at 12:11 pm

Just wanted to tell you that I made these cupcakes for my husband’s birthday last year, and he loved them so much he remembered and requested them again this year! So we’ve now celebrated two years in a row with Chocolate Lemon Cupcakes and I feel like this might become a new tradition. They are DELICIOUS – awesome recipe!

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Lizzy Mae Early says:

May 25, 2014 at 9:49 am

Oh yay!! I love this flavor combo, it scares some people at the thought of it, but everyone ends up loving it!

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