Easy, Gluten Free, Vegan, Lemon Cupcakes
These sweet, citrusy, delicious, lemon cupcakes are so easy to make yet they seem fancy. Top them with a vanilla or fruit frosting for traditional tastebuds or get a bit wild and top them with chocolate frosting. My gluten-free, vegan, top 8 free (except coconut), Vanilla Cake Mix makes it a breeze bake up a batch in no time.
These are the perfect cupcake for the lemon lovers at your table. Take it to the next level by topping your lemon cupcakes with lemon frosting for a citrus taste explosion. Like a little lemon but not too much? Top your lemon cupcake with vanilla or strawberry frosting. Or, if you are a chocaholic, go for it—top your lemon cupcake with chocolate.
It is hard to believe how easy these cupcakes are to make because they taste so decadent—like you spent a lot more time in the kitchen than you actually did. And, your kitchen will smell so good from the freshly squeezed and zested lemon. Yummy! You definitely need to make these, now!
In addition to my Vanilla Cake Mix, all you need are 3 basic ingredients to make the cakes and 4-6 ingredients to make your favorite frosting (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry or lemon).
Ingredients
Cake
Sweet Elizabeth's Organics Vanilla Cake Mix, love already included
Full fat coconut milk, healthy fats
1 teaspoon vanilla extract, the good stuff
Juice and zest of one lemon
Frosting
Coconut butter, palm shortening, or seed butter
Powdered sugar, organic
Vanilla extract, the good stuff
Water (amount varoies depending on desired consistency)
*Cocoa powder for chocolate frosting
*Lemon juice and lemon zest for lemon frosting (if making lemon frosting you won’t add any water)
Strawberry compote (fresh or frozen strawberries heated in a pan with a small amount of sweetener and then pureed in a blender until smooth) for strawberry frosting (if making strawberry frosting you won’t add any water)
Instructions
Cake
Preheat oven to 350°.
Mix coconut milk, vanilla extract, lemon juice, and lemon zest in large bowl until combined well.
Add Sweet Elizabeth's Organics Vanilla Cake Mix, and stir well.
Fill 12 spaces in your non-stick, paper-lined, or silicone cupcake pan with equal amounts of batter.
Bake at 350° for 18 minutes.
Make your frosting while you wait for your cupcakes to bake and cool.
Remove the cupcake pan from the oven, and place on a cooling rack to cool.
Allow them to cool completely before frosting.
Frosting
Combine the "butter," powdered sugar, vanilla, and water in a bowl with an electric mixer.
Add cocoa or lemon juice and zest or strawberry compote if you desire frosting other than vanilla.
Add more water as needed to make a smoother frosting. You won’t add any water to the strawberry or lemon frostings.
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Easy, Gluten Free, Vegan, Lemon Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 Sweet Elizabeth's Organics Vanilla Cake Mix, love already included
- 1 can full fat coconut milk, healthy fats
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, the good stuff
- Juice and zest of one lemon
- 1/2 cup coconut butter, palm shortening, or seed butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar, organic
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, the good stuff
- 4 Tablespoons water (may need more depending on desired consistency)
- * 1/4 cup cocoa powder for chocolate frosting
- *2 Tablespoons lemon juice and 1 Tablespoon lemon zest for lemon frosting (if making lemon frosting, you won’t add any water)
- *1/4 cup strawberry compote (fresh or frozen strawberries heated in a pan with a small amount of sweetener and then pureed in a blender until smooth) for strawberry frosting (if making strawberry frosting, you won’t add any water)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Mix coconut milk, vanilla extract, lemon juice, and lemon zest in large bowl until combined well.
- Add Sweet Elizabeth's Organics Vanilla Cake Mix, and stir well.
- Fill 12 spaces in your non-stick or silicone cupcake pan with equal amounts of batter.
- Bake at 350° for 18 minutes.
- Make your frosting while you wait for your cupcakes to bake and cool.
- Remove the cupcake pan from the oven, and place on a cooling rack to cool.
- Allow them to cool completely before frosting.
- ENJOY! Much love & happy baking! xo
- Combine the "butter," powdered sugar, vanilla, and 4 Tablespoons of water in a bowl with an electric mixer. You won’t add any water to the strawberry or lemon frostings.
- Add cocoa or lemon juice and zest or strawberry compote if you desire frosting other than vanilla.
- Add more water as needed to make a smoother frosting.