Milkshake Limoncello Cupcakes

Delicious light lemon cupcakes with strawberry marmalade “heart”, topped with fluffy cloud frosting made with Italian mascarpone cheese! These cupcakes are a perfect summertime party treat!
If you wish add a drizzle of limoncello directly onto cupcake before frosting it and it will make these cupcakes more amazing!!
Try it!

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• ½ cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup milk
• lemon zest
• vanilla and lemon extra
• 2 tablespoons limoncello
• 1 ½ cup flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 large organic eggs
• pinch of salt
• strawberry marmalade for filling (I used my own homemade marmalade)

Frosting

• 4 tablespoon butter, room temperature
• 140g mascarpone cheese
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• pinch of salt
• ¼ cup heavy cream, chilled
• blue coloring

Method

• preheat oven to 180* C (350F)
• whisk the milk and vinegar and set aside to sour
• mix butter and sugar together
• add eggs , vanilla extract , lemon zest and limoncello until incorporated
• mix flour, baking powder and salt
• add sour milk and stir all gently just until combined

•  fill 12 cupcake liners with butter and bake at 180* C(350F)  for about 15 minutes
  

• remove from the oven and allow to cool
• once completely cooled, cut out holes in the center of the cupcakes. Only go about three quarter of the way down the cupcakes for the holes
• place chilled strawberry marmalade in each of the cupcakes
• whip butter and mascarpone until well mixed(for frosting)
• add sugar , salt and cream and beat on high until fluffy(about 3-5 minutes)
• top cupcakes with frosting and decorate as desired!
  
  

Enjoy !!!

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