Sugar Free Lemon Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting
Sugar Free Lemon Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting, a delicious recipe for moist and fluffy cupcakes topped with buttercream. No Added Sugar.
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups Flour. - Sifted
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Baking Soda.
- ½ cup Butter. -softened
- ½ cup Sugar Alternative. - see post for details
- 2 tbsp Lemon Zest.
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract.
- 2 Eggs.
- 3 tbsp Lemon Juice.
- ½ cup Yogurt. - pref lemon and no added sugar
For the frosting.
- ½ cup Butter - softened
- 5 cups sugar free powdered sugar
- ½ cup strawberries -chopped
Sliced strawberries as needed for decoration. Red food coloring is optional for the frosting as is yellow coloring for the cupcakes.
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 and prep your cupcake pan for nonstick.
- In a medium to large sized bowl, use a sifter to combine together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and any added salt.
- Next, in a large mixing bowl, beat your softened butter on medium until creamy. Then add the sugar alternative and your lemon zest, and beat the ingredients until fluffy (about three minutes).
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the vanilla extract and bump the speed down to low. Then add the eggs one at a time, stopping scraping the bowl between additions.
- Once all of the eggs have been added you can beat the ingredients until fluffy (about one to two minutes).
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the lemon juice, yogurt, and optional food coloring. Mix this on medium speed until blended.
- For the next step we will add the dry ingredients from the first bowl to the mixing bowl. With the mixer on low speed, add a third of the flour mixture, and blend. Then you can continue this process until the ingredients are just combined, scraping the bowl occasionally. Avoid over-mixing the batter as doing so can make your cupcakes less fluffy and more dense.
- Use a cookie scoop or similar item to scoop the batter into your cupcake liners, filling them about two thirds full.
- Bake your cupcakes for 15-18 minutes, or until the centers of the cupcakes are springy to the touch and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let the cupcakes cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then transfer them to a cooling rack to fully cool.
- To make the frosting, start by beating your butter on medium until light and fluffy. Then add the powdered sugar alternative a cup at a time and beat until smooth. Then beat in the chopped strawberries.
Recipe Notes
*Please check the nutritional labels to assure that you are sticking to your diet restrictions for any substitutions used.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe. Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used. See thesugarfreediva.com for details on this recipe.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe. Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used. See thesugarfreediva.com for details on this recipe.
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August 27, 2024*About Sugar Alternatives
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Nutrition
Calories: 204kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 69mg | Sodium: 218mg | Potassium: 60mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 524IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 45mg | Iron: 1mg
Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!
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