- prep: 15 min
- cook: 20 min
- total: 35 min
Summary
You are going to love this simple, from scratch, Gluten-Free Lemon Cupcake. This bakery-style cupcake is tender and has the perfect amount of lemon.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose gluten-free flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons gluten-free baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup oil
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon gluten-free vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 1 medium lemon, not lemon juice from a bottle)
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest (from the same lemon)
- 1/2 cup milk (or dairy-free milk)
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), room temperature (or dairy-free butter)
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons of lemon juice (or 1 teaspoon lemon extract)
- 3-4 tablespoons milk (or dairy-free milk), as needed
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 1
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 5090 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 212 g 325.69%
- Saturated Fat: 78 g 390.5%
- Trans Fat: 4 g %
- Cholesterol: 413 mg 137.62%
- Sodium: 1477 mg 61.54%
- Calcium: 251 mg 25.06%
- Potassium: 302 mg 8.64%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 1 mg 4.78%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 831 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 1 g 3.04%
- Sugar: 662 g
- Protein: 14 g
- Alcohol: 8 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 3 g
- Vitamin A 64.23%
- Vitamin C 13.85%
- Vitamin D 23.86%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat42
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk1
- Exchange - Other Carbs47
- Exchange - Starch8
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol1
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total9 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy1 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq