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Lemon Meringue Cupcakes
Servings: 14 cupcakes
Author: Kitchen Nostalgia
Ingredients
  • CUPCAKES
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 12 tablespoons unsalted butter cubed
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 14 Tbsp lemon curd
  • MERINGUE
  • 1 cup plus 1 Tablespoon sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2/3 Tablespoons agave nectar or light corn syrup
  • 4 large egg whites
  • a few drops of lemon juice
Instructions
  1. FOR THE CUPCAKES: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin tins with paper cups*.
  2. In a food processor, mix flour, sugar, baking powder. Add butter and beat until mixture resembles coarse sand. Add eggs, 1 at a time, milk, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla, and beat until fluffy.
  3. Fill muffin cups to the top. Bake until toothpick inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean (about 15-20 min). Let cool.
  4. FOR ITALIAN MERINGUE:
  5. Place sugar with the water and corn syrup in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon (because sugar sticks to the metal spoon), until sugar dissolves.
  6. Continue boiling, without stirring, until syrup reaches 121°C or 230°F (soft ball stage**).
  7. Meanwhile, whisk egg whites with lemon juice until soft peaks form. With mixer motor running, pour the hot syrup into beaten egg whites in a smooth, steady stream. continue mixing the meringue until it has cooled to room temperature.
  8. ASSEMBLY:
  9. Spread about 1 Tablespoon of Lemon Curd over the top of each cupcake. Pipe the meringue on top of lemon curd. Toast the meringue with a cook’s torch or put cupcakes in a hot oven and grill until lightly golden.
Recipe Notes

*6x3cm (100 ml) or 2.5×1 inches (3.4 fl oz; 1/3 cup + 4 tsp) muffin tins

**If you don’t have a thermometer, have a bowl of very cold water next to the stove. Drop a little bit of the syrup into the cold water. It should form a ball, but it should not keep its shape when you pinch it with your fingers.