Lemon and poppy seed cupcakes

Last weekend i made the yummiest cupcakes ever! Thought i'd share the recipe with you!

The cupcake recipe is from one of my favourite cookbooks "Rosendals trädgårdscafé" from 1994 (Rosendal's garden café) by Monica Ahlberg. Rosendal's garden is a beautiful place in Stockholm, well worth a visit.

Blue and yellow lemon cake


175 g butter
300 ml sugar
2 egg
zest and juice from 1 lemon
(2 tablespoons candied orange peels)
75 ml blue poppy seeds
200 ml flour
Melt the butter, and let it cool a little bit. Mix it with sugar, egg, lemon and flour. Pour in to cupcake cases (or a cake tin)
Bake for about 10-15 minutes (if you make a cake you need about 35 minutes) in 180 degrees C. Let them cool.

The cake is really good on its own or with some whipped cream. But this time i made cupcakes, so i covered them with yummy icing. I found the recipe at the blog Made by love. 


Lemon Cream Cheese Icing


70 g soft butter
1 cup icing sugar
Zest from 2 lemons and jucie from 0,5 lemon. 
120 g philadelphia cheese. 
Mix it all together, and cover the cupcakes.

Enjoy!