Easy Eggless Lemon Cupcakes

It has been quit a success making Easy Chocolate Muffin using this recipe, hence, for a change, I do away with the Cocoa powder and replace it with Lemon Essence, and this is what I got! These cakes are actually made for my vegetarian colleagues!

Easy Lemon Cupcakes (modification from recipe contributed by Puspha in Nurkochen forum)
Ingredients:

• 1½ +1/4cups top flour
• ¾ cup granulated brown sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ cup butter or margarine, melted
• 1 cup milk (run out of fresh milk, used 3scoop son's milk powder with 1 cup water)
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• 1 tsp lemon essence (can in crease to 1tbsp)
• A little cranberries, for topping

Method:

1. Sift together flour, sugar, soda and salt.
2. Make a well in the centre. Pour the melted butter, milk, lemon essence (any essence/extract will do) and vinegar into the well.
3. Stir until all ingredients are moist.
4. Spoon the batter into muffin cups.
5. Sprinkle the chocolate chips on top.
6. Bake in a preheated oven at 180° C for 20 minutes.