Alaska Rose Petal Cupcakes (1982)

•  1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 eggs
• Grated peel of 1 lemon
• 3 cups cake flour
• 2 tspns baking powder
• 1/2 tspn salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup, cut, fresh rose petals
• 1 tspn lemon juice

Cream together the sugar and butter. Add eggs and beat well. Add the lemon peel.

Combine the cake flour, baking powder, and salt; sift, and add to the first mixture, alternating with the milk. Add the cut rose petals. Finally, stir in the lemon juice.

Line muffin pans with pink paper baking cups and fill each half-full of batter. Bake at 375 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. 

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(Origin - "Alaska Wild Berry Guide and Cookbook" by the Editors of Alaska magazine, 1982. Recipe by Florence Thornton of Rabbit Creek, Alaska.)