Lemon cupcakes Pink pigs in the year of the Pig-Boar

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   Necessary products.

2. STEP 2

   

   DOUGH: Combine soft butter and sugar in a bowl.

3. STEP 3

   

   Beat the butter and sugar with a mixer for a minute, then add the eggs and beat well again.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add milk at room temperature, add lemon zest and juice. Mix everything at low mixer speed.

5. STEP 5

   

   Add flour mixed with baking powder.

6. STEP 6

   

   Knead into a homogeneous dough.

7. STEP 7

   

   Place the dough into molds lined with paper capsules. You should get 12 cupcakes in total, each one will take about 1.5 tbsp. test.

8. STEP 8

   

   Bake the cupcakes in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Remove the finished cupcakes from the oven and let them cool completely.

9. STEP 9

   

   CREAM: Combine room temperature cream cheese, powdered sugar and pink gel food coloring.

10. STEP 10

    

    Beat for a minute.

11. STEP 11

    

    Approximately 0.5 tbsp. Place the cream in a separate bowl, add a couple of drops of red gel food coloring and stir until the color is uniform.

12. STEP 12

    

    CUPCAKES: Spread the top of each cupcake with pink frosting.

13. STEP 13

    

    DECORATION: Cut marshmallows like this: 6 pieces - lengthwise in half to make 12 “patch”, and another 6 pieces - in half and diagonally in half again to make 24 “ears”-triangles. Decorate the cupcakes with these preparations.

14. STEP 14

    

    Place the red cream in a pastry bag, cut off a small tip and draw the eyes and mouth of the piglets.

15. STEP 15

    

    Use melted chocolate to draw nostrils on the spots.

16. STEP 16

    

    Bon appetit!

17. STEP 17

    

    Happy holiday!