[[!meta title="Earl Grey Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream Frosting"]]

Adapted from InTheKnow.com

4200 cal/recipe

## Ingredients

### Cupcakes

+ 1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
+ 5 tsp Earl Grey tea leaves
+ 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
+ 1/4 tsp salt
+ 1/2 c unsalted butter, at room temperature
+ 1 c granulated sugar
+ 1 large egg
+ 1 tsp vanilla extract
+ 1 c milk

### Frosting

+ 1/2 c unsalted butter, at room temperature
+ 2 c powdered sugar
+ 2 tbsp heavy cream
+ 1 large lemon, zested and juiced

## Directions

+ Heat oven to 350 F.
+ Line cupcake pans with about 14 cupcake liners.
+ Make cupcakes by stirring together flour, tea leaves, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl.
+ Cream 1/2 c butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
+ Beat egg and vanilla into butter mixture.
+ Slowly mix flour mixture into butter mixture.
+ Mix milk into batter.
+ Pour batter into cupcake liners, filling each about 2/3 full.
+ Bake cupcakes for 15-20 min until lightly golden.
+ Make frosting by beating 1/2 c butter and powdered sugar until smooth.
+ Mix in heavy cream, lemon zest, and lemon juice.
+ Spread frosting on cooled cupcakes.

## Note
It's best to cut open tea bags for the tea leaves since bagged tea is basically ground and mixes into the batter well.
Nice tea leaves will remain as little pieces in the batter that will turn into hard bits after baking. 

[[!tag "Earl Grey" lemon]]