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Triple Lemon Baby Cakes with Lemon Pudding Cream

These Triple Lemon Baby Cakes with Lemon Pudding Cream are the zesty dessert of your dreams. They're super moist mini lemon cupcakes garnished with lemon jelly beans!

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Calories: 920 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

FOR THE LEMON BABY CAKES
  • 3 ½ c. all-purpose flour
  • 2 ¼ tsp. baking powder
  • ¾ tsp. kosher salt
  • 1 c. unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 2-1/2 c. sugar
  • 4 large eggs at room temperature
  • 5 T. freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 T. finely grated lemon peel
  • lemon yellow food coloring if desired, to enhance the yellow color
  • 1-1/2 c. buttermilk
FOR THE LEMON PUDDING CREAM
  • 3 c. heavy whipping cream
  • 1 3.4 oz. package instant dry lemon pudding mix
  • 1-1/4 c. powdered sugar
  • fresh lemon zest from one large lemon
  • 1 to 2 drops Americolor #107 "Lemon Yellow" if desired
  • About 50 lemon jelly beans We used "Lemon Drop" flavor by Jelly Belly.

Instructions

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  1. For the Lemon Baby CakesPreheat oven to 350°.A couple notes: I prefer to use flexible silicone mini muffin pans with no paper liners for this recipe, but you can also prepare metal mini muffin pans with paper liners. Also, I found that there are different sized mini muffin pans out there, so your yield and baking time may vary a bit. The silicone pans I used yield a little bigger mini cupcake than others, which I also happen to like.Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in medium bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, beat butter until smooth. Add sugar and beat to blend. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then the lemon juice, lemon peel, and food coloring. Batter may look curdled, but that's just fine. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk, in 3 additions. Fill mini cupcake wells or liners a bit more than 3/4-full. Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean. This took about 20 minutes for me, but it will depend on the size of your pans, so pay close attention to your baking time. Cool 10 minutes and remove from pan. Cool completely before adding frosting.For the Lemon Pudding CreamPlace whipping cream, pudding mix, and powdered sugar into a large chilled mixing bowl. Beat with a chilled whisk attachment until thick and stiff. Add lemon zest and food coloring, mixing to combine thoroughly.to assemble the triple lemon baby cakes:With a medium star tip, apply swirls of lemon pudding cream to the tops of each mini cupcake. Top each with a lemon jelly bean. Serve immediately or chill until ready to serve. These freeze well, but wait to add the jelly bean until right before serving.

Notes

  • from a farmgirl's dabbles, cake recipe adapted from here and here.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1 Calories 920kcal (46%) Carbohydrates 143g (48%) Protein 14g (28%) Fat 41g (63%) Saturated Fat 24g (120%) Polyunsaturated Fat 13g Trans Fat 1g Cholesterol 173mg (58%) Sodium 400mg (17%) Fiber 12g (48%) Sugar 86g (172%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 12cupcakes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 920

% Daily Value*

Serving 1
Calories 920kcal 46%
Carbohydrates 143g 48%
Protein 14g 28%
Fat 41g 63%
Saturated Fat 24g 120%
Polyunsaturated Fat 13g 76%
Trans Fat 1g 50%
Cholesterol 173mg 58%
Sodium 400mg 17%
Fiber 12g 48%
Sugar 86g 172%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.