My Lemon Limoncello Cupcakes Recipe is bright and zingy and full of sunshine! Lemony cupcakes brushed with a Limoncello syrup, then topped with a beautiful swirl of Limoncello spiked buttercream. Pure sunshine, pure summer, pure heaven!
Lemon love
So if you’ve been here before, you may have come across a few of my other lemon loves! From my Lemon Cupcakes filled with my delicious Lemon Curd to my Lemon Cookies, Lemon Squares (both these are perfect for picnics!), and my showstopping Lemon Blueberry Doughnuts, you’re actually rather spoilt for choice! 😘
Given I’ve shared so many beautiful lemon bakes with you all, I figured it was time to make it a little more “grown-up”. On a lazy sunny Sunday not too long ago, sitting in our garden watching the children play and enjoying a cheeky Limoncello, I knew the answer was staring up at me! And so here we are, and I’m sharing with you today my Lemon Limoncello Cupcakes Recipe! 🍋
How to make my Lemon Limoncello Cupcakes Recipe
There are a few steps in making this Limoncello cake recipe, but really it’s fairly straightforward.
You simply make your cupcakes, as usual, then whilst they’re baking, you prepare a beautiful Limoncello syrup. As soon as your cupcakes are out of the oven, prick them and brush really generously with your syrup. This keeps them super moist, but also adds to the beautiful boozy lemon flavour 🥂 Then, once cool, top with your buttercream and garnish with a quartered slice of lemon.
Beautiful and totally worth being patient for! 😘
Hope the sun is shining on you, wherever you are, and hope these Lemon Limoncello Cupcakes will bring a little extra sunshine and joy in your life too 😊
Happy baking, my friends x
Recommended equipment and ingredients I used *
Cupcake tin | Cupcake cases |
Stand mixer | Glass mixing bowl |
Spatula | Ice cream scoop |
Piping bags | Piping nozzle |
Highly recommend this recipe – the cakes are delicious and went down a storm at our Eurovision party! (Italian themed of course!). Easy to make and the bonus is I now have Limoncello left to drink 🙂
Awww, Lucy, thank you so much for such a fabulous review! So glad I could somewhat help you with the leftover Limoncello too 😘
Hello, would like to try to make these but what is self-raising flour and caster sugar? Thank you
Hi Renata, self-raising flour is a type of flour that also contains a raising agent. If you are unable to find it where you are, you can use plain (all-purpose) flour adding 2 tsp baking powder for every 140g of plain flour used. Caster sugar is a type of sugar that is finer than granulated, but coarser than icing/powdered sugar. If you cannot find caster sugar, you can substitute for an equal quantity of granulated sugar instead. Hope that helps!
i cant get it to rise. i have tried making them twice now and both times they sink. i even bought new baking powder and still sank. i am using normal flour with baking powder
Hi Lyle, I’m sorry to hear this! My recipe calls for self raising flour, which I know isn’t easily available around the world. With plain flour as a substitute, you need to add 2tsp baking powder too, for the cupcakes to rise as they should, is this how much you have used? I do hope this helps! 😊