Meyer Lemon cupcakes

12 cupcakes or 24 mini cupcakes        325 degrees


Frosting

1 pkg room temp cream cheese
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp lemon zest
1/2 cup icing sugar
1/4 cup whipping cream

cream the cream cheese until smooth
add lemon juice,lemon zest, icing sugar
cream together, add whipping cream slowly until desired consistency


Cupcakes

1 3/4 cups flour
1 tbsp meyer lemon zest
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup unsalted butter  room temp
1 cup sugar
3 oz cream cheese  room temp
3 eggs room temp
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp vanilla


whisk together flour,lemon zest,salt,baking powder
with mixer cream together butter,sugar until light and fluffy, beat in cream cheese
add an egg at a time while still beating on low
beat in lemon juice and vanilla
slowly add flour to creamed mixture
mixing until just combined
Scoop the batter into lined muffin cups
bake 25-30 minutes

set the tin on a wire rack and cool
frost with the frosting from above