I made these for the girls’ childcare teachers in celebration of teachers’ day this year. I loved how the buttery curdy goodness and sourness cuts through the sweetness of the moist vanilla cupcake. The fluffy meringue frosting was light and fluffy, which complimented the whole cupcake experience.
The cupcake recipe used was the same as the Salted caramel filled vanilla cuppies that I made for my nieces’ birthday. Lemon curd recipe can be found HERE so I will not be repeating the recipe on this post. The swiss meringue frosting is the same frosting used for my Nutella Filled S’mores Cupcakes, and I will be reusing the pictures for this post.
Here is a cross-section of the cupcake. I used an apple corer to remove some part of the cupcake so I can fill it with lemon curd. Alternatively, you can fill it up with a filling nozzle. Here was how the cupcake was made. 🙂
Lemon Curd Filled Vanilla Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups cake flour
- 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cups castor sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup buttermilk 1/2 cup milk + 1 tsp lemon juice side aside for 5 mins
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup of Lemon Curd
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 175C.
- In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In your mixing bowl beat eggs for 20 secs then add sugar and beat for another 30 secs on medium speed.
- Add vanilla extract and oil.
- Reduce speed to low, add 1/2 of your flour mixture.
- Then pour in 1/2 of your buttermilk.
- Continue to add the other half of your flour, then buttermilk.
- Beat until just combined. Don't forget to scrap down your bowl.
- Fill cupcake liners till 3/4 full.
- Bake for 12-14 mins until skewer comes out clean.
- Let cool in pan for 2 minutes before carefully taking it out to cool on wire rack completely.
Notes
Lemon Curd Recipe: http://goo.gl/4CJ5I4
Adapted from Glorious Treats
Insert apple corer half way into the cupcake and lift. Fill the void of the cupcake with lemon curd.
Meringue Frosting
Enough to frost 18 cupcakes
Ingredients
- 3 egg whites
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- 12 pieces of candied flower deco optional
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk your egg whites and sugar together.
- Heat bowl over a double boiler (pan with little water simmering over low heat).
- Note that your bottom of the bowl should not touch the water!
- Whisk constantly while heating the egg whites, we do not want it to be scrambled.
- Continue whisking until thermometer reads 160F or 70C.
- If you do not have a candy thermometer or instant read thermometer, the mixture should be smooth, meaning all sugar dissolved and hot to the touch.
- At this point, remove from heat and bring to stand mixer. Whisk on high until meringue is glossy, formed stiff peaks about 7 mins.
- Then add salt and vanilla extract, whisk to combined.
- Frost immediately. As frosting cools further it becomes harder to pipe.
- Lightly toast frosting with a torch, open stove flame, or broiler.
- Top with a piece of candied flower deco.
12 Comments
MonuTeena RecipesPassion
17 September, 2014 at 10:53 ami am in love with them.. cupcakes
Zoe
17 September, 2014 at 11:41 pmWow, Shar Kay! These cupcakes look very impressive. I'm sure that your girls' teachers must be thrilled receiving these cakes.
Zoe
Amelia
18 September, 2014 at 3:03 pmHi Shar, I want 4 pieces, please. This cake look awesome. Very impressive frosting, 2 thumbs up for you.
Have a nice week ahead,regards.
Diana Gale
19 September, 2014 at 9:32 amlove this!! really love this! must unpack my blow torch which has been gathering dust since i bought it!
Ivy
15 May, 2016 at 10:37 pmHi, is the cupcake itself very sweet? It has no butter content, does it have a nice fragrance?
Sharon Lam
15 May, 2016 at 11:02 pmHi, cupcake sugar has been reduced. So no, not very sweet. You can always substitute melted butter for the oil in the recipe if you prefer to use butter.
Ivy
16 May, 2016 at 8:27 amIf butter is used, will it still give the moist and fluffy texture like oil?
Louise
7 November, 2016 at 12:25 pmHi Sharon. Have you ever tried making the cupcake recipe into a layer cake? Can it hold the weight of other toppings in between the layers, e.g. Fruits? I am thinking of whether to use your purple ombré cake recipe or this one. Want something not too rich, but able to withstand the weight of ingredients. Thanks a lot!
Sharon Lam
7 November, 2016 at 1:57 pmHi Louise, I’ve used this to make a layer cake before and it works well. Frosted with SMBC and topped with quite a few cake toppers. I personally prefer this as I find it lighter in texture.
Louise
8 November, 2016 at 6:04 amThanks so much, Sharon! Can’t wait to try it!
Sand
27 August, 2018 at 6:54 amHI,
If you don’t mind me asking, which cake flour did you use. I find that the brand of cake flour determines the result of the cupcake. I use Presto and my cupcakes did not come out looking like yours.
Sharon Lam
27 August, 2018 at 9:11 pmHi! I used prima flour cake flour. I hope that helps. 🙂