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<\/a><\/p>\nTo help get out of the Winter Blues<\/strong> I have been experiencing, Lemon Raspberry Cupcakes<\/span> were on the agenda! \u00a0With thoughts of summer in my head, I started to bake.<\/p>\n Oh summer, please come soon. \u00a0I’ve had it with shovelling and wearing boots. Please Mother Nature?<\/p>\n I’m starting to feel better already! \u00a0Six more weeks of winter? \u00a0I hope not. \u00a0But, with each snow fall and shovelling that I endure, maybe a cupcake is in order?!<\/p>\n What do you do to beat the Winter Blues?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Warm up that zester for this recipe. \u00a0 One of the greatest purchases I have made (in regards to cooking utensils . . . because we’re not here talking about my $500 Coach bag that I got for $120 at the Vegas Outlets)<\/em> is one of the small, narrow zester’s you can see in the picture. \u00a0 So handy for recipes that require a lot of lemon, lime or orange zest.<\/p>\n<\/a>Mix flour, butter, sugar, lemon, vanilla and lemon juice and you get lemony goodness!<\/p>\n<\/a>Another great kitchen tool that I have is one that I got as a gift! \u00a0It’s a very handy cupcake corer! \u00a0All you have to do is insert it into cooled cupcakes, twist and pull it out.<\/p>\n<\/a>To remove the cake from the corer, all you have to do is push the little handle down on the top, and out pops the cored out piece of cupcake! \u00a0Don’t forget to keep those cores. \u00a0You can use them again when you have filled the cupcakes to cover up the filling.<\/p>\n<\/a>Little cored cupcakes all in a row!<\/p>\n<\/a>Drop in a raspberry into the core and then add the lemon curd on top. \u00a0Cut the piece of cupcake that came out of the corer into a lid, and place it back on top of the filling. \u00a0This seals the filling in.<\/p>\n<\/a>Whip up your favourite Raspberry Icing, or here to see mine<\/a>, add lemon zest to top and dig in.<\/p>\n