Portuguese Custard Cupcakes

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 3/4 cups granulated sugar
• 3 large eggs, room temperature
• 1/4 lb butter, melted and cooled
• 2 1/2 cups milk, warm
• 1 grated lemon zest

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 300°f grease cupcake tins with butter.
• 2 beat the eggs until lemon coloured. add the sugar and butter and continue to beat until thick, then add the lemon rind.
• 3 pour warm milk into egg mixture while continuing to beat. once blended, fold in the flour until well mixed.
• 4 fill the tins half way up and bake for approximately 1 hour, or until a tester inserted comes out clean.
• 5 cool in pans on a rack. cupcakes will sink during the cooling process.