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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Lemon Cupcakes topped with Sugared Lemon

I made these little gems for a dinner we were invited over to with our home teacher.  The lemon cupcake didn't turn out as strong as I wanted but the marshmallow cream frosting and sugared lemon topping was really good.  The marshmallow cream frosting is the same recipe I use to fill twinkies.  It is really good and easy to make.
7 oz of marshmallow cream
1/3 c. shortening
1/3 c. powdered sugar
3 t hot water
1/2 t salt
Mix the first three ingredients.  In a seperate bowl mix the water and salt until salt is dissolved.  Add the water mixture to the frosting mixture. Viola you are done!
To make the sugared lemons, I cut the lemons into slices.  Rolled the slices in lots of sugar.  Cooked the lemons on med high in a skillet laying in a single layer flipping them on occasion.  I cooked them until they were glossy but not brown about 7 minutes.  Took the lemons out to cool and rolled them in sugar again.  They made a really fun and easy topping for the cupcakes.

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