Lemon Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting

• Since Easter is right around the corner I thought I would share this lemon recipe with you guys! It is so delicious  I made it for my sisters wedding this past weekend and I also made it last year for easter! (I got this recipe from myrecipe.com but I changed the frosting recipe and I tweaked the cake recipe a bit!) If you want to learn how to make the easter cupcake above click here:)
• Ingredients:
• 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar 
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened 
•  lemon rind of 1 lemon
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 
• 2 large eggs 
• 2 large egg whites 
• 2 cups all-purpose flour 
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/4 cups fat-free buttermilk 
• Frosting:
• 1 pound Cream Cheese
• 2 sticks of butter
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla 
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon rind
• 3 cups of confectioners sugar
• Step1: Pre-heat oven to 350. Combine the first five ingredients and mix for 5 minutes.
• Step2: Add in both the eggs and egg whites (one at a time)
• Step3: In a separate bowl combine all the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda)
• Step4: Starting with the dry ingredients add them to the wet mixture then add the buttermilk(alternate until there is none left) Put into baking cups and bake for 20-22 minutes.
• Frosting:
• Cream the butter, vanilla,lemon rind, lemon juice and cream cheese. Slowly add in the confectioners sugar.