Vanilla Lavender Cupcakes Filled with Lemon Buttercream Frosting
These are some of my favorite cupcakes. They are hard to resist, you’ll want to eat them all! I love making Vanilla Lavender Cupcakes Filled with Lemon Buttercream Frosting.
When I was a little girl living in California, I was obsessed with lemon…the color. I had a yellow shirt I would never get out of. Also I had a nice, yellow blanket. I loved lemons, I loved them because of their color.
One day I told my mom I wanted a lemon. She was like you do?? Okay! She said if I want one I have to eat the whole thing. Who here can eat a whole lemon? Not me!!
There I was on the kitchen floor, my mom cut open a lemon and handed it off to me. Took my first bite and almost died!! I was rolling around on that floor for a couple hours, slowly trying to finish my lemon. Finally she let me throw it away. I was never going to ask for a lemon again!! These lovely cupcakes are surrounded by some of my favorite farmhouse decor, which is in my shop here.
I now love lemons, just not whole ones… to eat! Let me know how your cupcakes turn out. Follow me on Insta to see the daily life at Hallstrom Home.
Either you can make your lemon filling or a quick, easy way is to buy lemon pie filling. I do that most of the time, it is quick and can get the job done. You guys will have to check out my fave vanilla bean paste. Don’t go for extract anymore! This is the absolute best!! Also here are my fave kitchen products that I use.
Vanilla Lavender Cupcakes Filled with Lemon Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 Cup Unsalted Butter room temperature
- 2 3/4 Cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 4 large Eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 Tbsp Vanilla bean paste or extract
- 1/2 vanilla bean seeds scraped out
Frosting
- 1 Cup Butter Room Temperature
- 4 Cups Confectioners Sugar
- 2 tsp Lavender Extract Food Grade
Lemon Filling
- 4 Large Eggs
- 1 1/2 Cups Sugar
- 3 Lemons Zest
- 3/4 Cup Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter Cubed
- 1/8 tsp Kosher Salt
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- Line cupcake pan
- Medium bowl whisk, flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In small bowl, whisk milk, vanilla paste, and vanilla beans.
- In electric mixer, cream butter and sugar for 3-5 minutes. Until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs in one at a time.
- Then with mixer on low speed, alternate with flour mixture and milk vanilla mixture. Ending with flour.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes.
- Cool completely before frosting.
Frosting
- Place butter in bowl and whip for 2 minutes.
- Add lavender, mix for 1 minute.
- Slowly add confectioners sugar and mix until light and fluffy.
Lemon Filling
- Zest 3 lemons.
- In saucepan whisk together eggs and sugar until pale.
- Add lemon juice, salt, and zest. Combine and then add butter.
- Place over medium heat, stir constantly until it thickens.
- Pour through fine strainer.
- Cup out small center in cupcakes and pour in your filling then frost.
Check out our Ideas For Cupcake Decorating blog post here for more!
These look amazing!
Sound and look so yummy
These look delicious! So pretty, too. Thanks for sharing the recipe. ❤
Can’t wait wait to make these with my 8 year old daughter this week! They sound like a perfect way to welcome SPRING!!
Wow!!! Looks so yummy ????
Looks so yumm! And love the decorations!
These sound wonderful! I’m visiting my daughter next week, and we will be making these- lavender is one of her favorites, and she and I usually make lemon bars together.
This will be perfect. Thank you!
This sounds delicious. Can’t wait to try them. Thanks for sharing.
They look yummy!! I will give them a try. Thanks Rhonda!!
These look scrumptious!
These look scrumptious!
It all looks so yummy! Love your cakes and recipes. You make it look so easy. Love the chuckles too ????????????????
*Chickies????????????Lol ????
Love that you share all your talents with us ❤️can’t wait to make these cupcakes! Look delish!! ????
Love these recipes Rhonda. And the the styling is awesome!
These look devine and have my mouth watering!!
Thank you again Rhonda for all you do! Love watching your blogs and keeping up on other social media! Keep up the good work!
These look SOO yummy Rhonda!
Rhonda, these look beautiful! Can’t wait to try this recipe! Is there anything you can’t do? ????????
Oh Rhonda! These look devine!! Cannot wait to make these for my girls!love the cake stand as well!!
Yummy ???? and sooo beautiful and fresh ????
Oh my! I love lemon anything and I will definitely be making these! And they are displayed so beautifully! ????
Can I just not work today and make lemon cupcakes instead?
These sound so delish Rhonda!! Keep the recipes coming! ????
You bet, because I love food
Looks Delicious! I love your table displays! So spring like!
Thank you and to think we may get snow this weekend
These look really yummy. I cannot wait to make them….
I sorry I told you to eat the whole lemon! I’m happy to hear that you love them…I enjoy a pitcher of lemon or lime water. I have a pitcher of lime water in the fridge right now. Sure would be good with one of those cupcakes!
Mom it was actually a very good lesson in life. Don’t eat lemons or you might just get bitter. makes me laugh thinking about it