Easy Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Buttercream

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Samantha Snook Korkosz

subheading: Lemon Cupcakes:

1 ½ cups (187 g) all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon kosher salt

½ cup (1 stick or 113 g) unsalted butter, room temperature

1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar

2 large eggs, room temperature

1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

1 ½ tablespoons lemon zest

½ cup (122.5 g) whole milk

4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

subheading: Lemon Buttercream*:

3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature

2 to 3 teaspoons lemon extract

1 teaspoon whole milk, or more as needed

1 cup (125 g) confectioners' sugar, or more as needed

5 drops yellow food coloring, more or less as desired

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