Summary: Heaven in a cupcake!
Ingredients
- Cupcakes
- 125g butter
- 125g castor sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 tblsp milk
- 125g SR flour
- Lemon curd
- Meringue
- 4 egg whites
- 1 cup castor sugar
- 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
Instructions
- Pre heat oven to 190C (180 fan forced). Line a 12 cup muffin tin with patty pans.
- Cream the butter and sugar in a mixer or with electric beaters, till pale and creamy.
- Add the eggs, zest, vanilla and milk and mix until well combined.
- Mix in flour in two batches.
- Divide mixture between the 12 patty pans and bake for 15-20 mins or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Allow to cool on a rack.
- Cut a teaspoonful sized hole in the top of each cupcake. Discard (or eat) the cake you cut out.
- Fill the space with curd, even to the top of the cake.
- Beat the egg whites and cream of tartar on high and add sugar slowly, until glossy and the consistency of firm whipped cream.
- Pipe or spread onto cakes and put under a hot griller, till browned on top. Keep a close eye, it happens quick!!! I won’t give you times as grillers (broilers in the US) vary so very much.
Quick notes
I have posted a curd recipe in an earlier post, you can use homemade curd or shop bought.

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