Lemon Meringue Cup-Cakes

The Lemon meringue cup-cakes look very colorful and sweet too. This cup-cake can be prepared with the microwave oven in a traditional way using lemon curd, which saves enough time, However the flavor doesn’t skimp.

Ingredients

Cup-cakes:

1 1/2 cups - Cake Flour - Blend (Brand - King Arthur and Unbleached)
1 tea-spoon – Full of baking powder
1/4 tea-spoon - Salt
1/4 tea-spoon – Soda (Baking)
2/3 cup - Sugar
1/3 cup – Butter (at room temperature)
1 – Egg (at room temperature)
1/2 tea-spoon - Vanilla (extract)
1/2 tea-spoon - Dough Flavor (pretty buttery and also sweet, which is optional)
2/3 cup - Buttermilk

For Lemon Curd:

1 batch - Lemon Curd

For Meringue

3 - Egg (whites alone)
1/4 tea-spoon - Cream (Brand: Bakewell)
1/8 tea-spoon - Salt
6 table-spoons – Sugar

Directions

First the oven should be heated to 400° f degrees and Take 12 – cup-cake cups or else muffin pan which comes with paper liners; Spray some cooking spray over the liners.

The cup-cakes: In a bowl attached to the mixture. Mix the ingredients like 1. Cake flour, 2. Baking powder, 3. Salt, 4. Baking soda, 5. Sugar, 6. Butter, 7. Egg, 8. Vanilla, 9. Dough flavor, 10. Butter-milk.

Blend the above mixture on a medium speed for about 2 - 3 minutes till the mixture turns pretty smooth.

Add the balance buttermilk (1/3 cup) and mix it on a medium speed for about 1- 2 minutes. Occasionally scrape the sides and also the bottom of the bowl, and mix it up nicely.

Fill the cup-cake cups with the above mixture and bake in a pan for about 15 - 17 minutes, till the edges turn golden brown in color. Shift it to a rack and allow it to cool fully.
Prepare lemon curd viewing the recipe, and keep it aside and allow it to cool till it gets thick.

Just create a dent in the middle of the cupcake with the help of cup-cake corer, and in that curved part fill it with lemon filling. This should be followed by all the other cupcakes, then prepare the meringue.

Meringue is pretty easy to make if you follow the recipe. Once the meringue is ready just place it over the cupcakes, and then toast it with a torch till it turns golden brown in color. Serve it pretty warm.

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