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    Home » Cakes » Cupcakes

    Lemon Blossoms

    By Elizabeth Waterson // Feb 22, 2013 (Updated Dec 29, 2025) // Leave a Comment

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    Lemon Blossoms are a perfectly moist cake with a gorgeous lemon drizzle. Easy to pop in your mouth, you won't be able to eat just one, these Lemon Blossoms are perfect for your brunch table, and easy to make with just a few ingredients! 

    Lemon Blossoms  on a wire rack on top of a silpat liner on a wood table with lemons in the background

    Can you tell I liked these?

    They were a perfect snack or would be perfect for a brunch or breakfast.

    These pack tons of lemon flavor which I LOVE!

    lemon blossoms on a wire rack with whisk in background on top of a silpat liner on a wood table

    Super easy to make I will definitely make these again! 🙂

    Lemon Blossoms on a yellow, white, and grey tea towel on a wood table
    Lemon drizzle in bowl with lemon blossoms in background on a wire rack

    So easy. Throw together a cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, greek yogurt and lemon juice and mix until combined. Bake and throw on to a tea towel to cool.

    Lemon Blossoms on wire rack with lemons in the background on a black wire rack

    Then mix together some lemon juice, lemon zest, powdered sugar and water.

    Dip these bites of heaven into the glaze and let set. Re dip as many times as you want. I dipped 3 times. I like the glaze. Okay I loved the glaze.

    ★★★★★ Please let me know if you make this recipe by leaving a star rating and comment below!

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    Lemon Blossoms are a perfectly moist cake with a gorgeous lemon drizzle. Easy to pop in your mouth, you won't be able to eat just one, these Lemon Blossoms are perfect for your brunch table, and easy to make with just a few ingredients!

    • Total Time: 27 minutes
    • Yield: 48 1x

    Ingredients

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    • 1 Yellow cake mix
    • 1 (3.4 oz.) instant lemon flavored pudding mix
    • 4 large eggs, at room temp.
    • 1 5oz cup of plain greek yogurt
    • 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
    • 4 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
    • 2 tablespoon lemon zest (about 2 lemons)
    • ⅓ cup fresh lemon juice
    • 1-3 tablespoons water

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350F and grease a mini muffin pan.
    2. In a large bowl combine cake mix, lemon pudding mix, eggs, greek yogurt and lemon juice. Mix until fully combined.
    3. Bake for 12 minutes and dump onto a tea towel to cool.
    4. In a small/medium sized bowl mix the confectioner's sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice. Mix until no lumps remain. Add 1-3 tablespoons water depending on how thick you want the glaze.

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    • Author: Elizabeth Waterson I Confessions of a Baking Queen
    • Prep Time: 15 minutes
    • Cook Time: 12 minutes
    • Category: Snack
    • Method: Baking
    • Cuisine: American

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