Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

Name: How to cook Lemon Meringue Cupcakes - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Jodie Mann

Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

Zesty lemon cupcakes filled with an irresistible home-made tangy curd filling. The toasted marshmallowy meringue topping adds the perfect amount of creamy sweetness, that balances out the lemon flavours. #mycookbook #lemoncake #lemoncurd

Ingredient

Food ration :

12 servings

175 g

unsalted butter, softened

175 g

self-raising flour

170 g

caster sugar

large eggs

1/2 tsp

baking powder

1 tbsp

lemon juice

1 tbsp

lemon zest

1-2 tbsp

milk (if mixture is too stiff)

115 g

golden caster sugar

30 g

cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces

large eggs, lightly beaten

large egg whites (112g roughly)

1/4 tsp

cream of tartar

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

First, make the lemon curd. In a heavy saucepan, heat the sugar, butter, eggs and lemon juice over a fairly low heat, whisking all the time, until the mixture is thick enough to hold marks of the whisk. This will take around 12-15 minutes. Once thickened, immediately pour the curd through a sieve into a bowl. Stir in the zest and set aside to cool.

* Step 2

Preheat your oven to 180degrees fan and prepare a muffin tray with muffin cases.

* Step 3

Make the cakes: using a beater in an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar for 4-5 minutes until pale and fluffy. Beat in one egg at a time, for about 2 minutes per egg. Add the lemon juice and zest before finally adding the flour and baking powder and fold in gently until fully incorporated. Add some milk if the mixture seems a little stiff.

* Step 4

Divide this mixture evenly between the cake cases and bake in the oven for around 15 - 18 minutes, or until lightly golden and a skewer comes out clean when put into the cakes. Set aside to cool completely.

* Step 5

While your cakes are cooling, get started on your meringue frosting. Heat all the frosting ingredients in a metal mixing bowl (ideally one that attaches to your free-standing electric mixer) over a Bain marie. Whisk continuously until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture has reached a temperature of around 70-75 degrees C.

* Step 6

Remove from the heat, put back to your free standing mixture and whisk on high for roughly 8-10 minutes until your meringue has doubled, even tripled in size, is glossy and stiff.

* Step 7

When the cupcakes are cooled, core out the middle of each cupcake. You can do this using an Apple corer or a large piping nozzle. Place a dollop of lemon curd into the centre of each cupcake to the top.

* Step 8

Pipe your meringue frosting onto each cupcake and blast the tops with a chefs blow torch, or place under a grill on a high setting to toast the meringue. Keep an eye on them! They will colour very quickly. Enjoy!