Lemon Cupcakes

My husband and I both like to take cupcakes in to work to bribe the co-workers in to thinking we are fabulous.  And I needed a reason to make my Amazing Lemon Cake recipe again.   I was dreaming about the cake I made for mother's day.  This time though, I didn't use the filling, I just made lemon cupcakes with raspberry buttercream.  Although I liked them better with the filling, they were still scrumptious!


For my lesson learned this time, I tried a new technique with the icing.  To make the swirls on the cupcakes, put just a touch of gel food coloring in your piping bag and smear it all over the entire bag.  A little goes a long way.  Then, fill the bag with icing and swirl your cupcakes like normal.  What you get is just a touch of color on the edges.