lemon raspberry cupcakes

here's what i did:

• made a box of lemon cake mix following directions on the box for making 24 cupcakes.
• let the cupcakes cool on racks.
• blended raspberry preserves and some fresh raspberries for filling.
• once the cupcakes were cool i filled them with the raspberry filling using a #230 wilton tip.
• i whipped vanilla buttercream with the rest of the raspberry preserves and piped it on the cupcakes using a #12 wilton tip.
• topped with lemon zest and a fresh raspberry.

they turned out to be very sweet and refreshing.