Classic Lemon Cupcakes

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups cake flour, sifted
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons lemon extract
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature (1 stick)
• 3 egg whites

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare muffin pans with nonstick spray and flour.
• 2 resift the sifted cake flour with the baking powder and salt.
• 3 combine the milk and lemon extract.
• 4 cream the sugar and butter until fluffy.
• 5 alternating the flour mixture with the milk mixture, blend half of one, then the other into the butter mixture. mix well after each addition and repeat. mix until well blended.
• 6 in a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff, but not dry. fold them into the batter.
• 7 pour the batter into the muffin pans, filling at least halfway. bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until the cakes test done.
• 8 remove the pans and turn out the cupcakes onto a wire rack to cool.