Desserts

Lemon-Cream Cheese Cupcakes

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kraft

When life gives you lemons, make cupcakes. These treats are all about the citrus zing: Moist lemon cake is topped with sweet cream cheese frosting with a tangy zest.

time

prep:

10 min

total:

1 hr 34 min

servings

total:

24 servings

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What You Need

pkg. (2-layer size) white cake mix

pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Lemon Flavor Instant Pudding

cup water

egg whites

Tbsp. oil

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1/4

cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened

Tbsp. lemon juice

pkg. (16 oz.) powdered sugar

Make It

HEAT oven to 350ºF.

BEAT first 5 ingredients in large bowl with mixer on low speed until moistened. (Batter will be thick.) Beat on medium speed 2 min. Spoon into 24 paper-lined muffin cups.

BAKE 21 to 24 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 min.; remove to wire racks. Cool completely.

BEAT cream cheese, butter and juice with mixer until well blended. Gradually add sugar, beating on low speed after each addition until well blended. Spread onto cupcakes.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Substitute

Prepare using PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese.

Special Extra

Blend 1 tsp. lemon zest into frosting before spreading onto cupcakes.

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robyn965

posted:5/12/2012

The best cupcake I ever ate.

sghale24

posted:10/4/2011

One of our favorite cupcake recipes...so good!

rhernandez2308

posted:9/29/2011

These cupcakes were fantastic, instead of a white cake mix; i used french vanilla! yummy...The frosting was absolutely aweful.I will never make the frosting again.

redheadthomas

posted:8/29/2011

This recipe was just delicious. The cake was more dense than your traditional cupcake but had wonderful flavor. I would liken it to a pound cake texture. The frosting was superb. I did add the zest of one large lemon and used fresh lemon juice along with low fat cream cheese instead of the full fat version in my frosting. My family loved them. Keep the great recipes coming!!!

clarbear0510

posted:7/12/2011

I love this cupcake recipe! It's great because you can substitute any jello flavor in the cake and juice in the frosting and make delicious cupcakes. I've make the original lemon-cream cheese, chocolate, white chocolate, and watermelon. Key lime is next.

roehrig13

posted:7/9/2011

These were the funkiest looking cupcakes I ever made!! They came out of the oven very uneven and then they shrank as they cooled. They do taste very good though. I was glad that I made them for my family and not for guests or a bake sale since they looked so weird.

mom2twinshi50

posted:6/23/2011

Easy to make, difficult to stop eating. The yummiest cupcake EVER! Kids and adults will LOVE the taste of this cupcake!

a cook