This month for Martha Stewart's Cupcakes Club Megan of My Baking Adventures chose lemon meringue cupcakes. I adore lemon. Lemon cake, lemon candy, lemonade, lemon bars, I love them all. So when I saw that we were making lemon cupcakes I thought YUMMY.
This recipe had three steps, cupcakes, lemon curd and a meringue frosting. This was two steps too many for me. I improvised. Don't be mad. Please don't kick me out. I did make the actual cupcake. I bought some lemon curd at Trader Joe's and I can't believe I'm going to admit this but I bought vanilla frosting. My cupcakes weren't really lemon meringue. Just lemon with some vanilla frosting.
I cut little cones out of the top of the cupcakes and filled them with some lemon curd and then put the little cone back in and frosted the cupcakes. The cupcakes are tasty. A nice lemon flavor. The Trader Joe's lemon curd is very tasty and the frosting was good too. This was a nice simplified version of Martha's recipe. I made a half recipe which still made 12 cupcakes which is probably six too many for Pete and me. I have a bit of a tummy ache but the cupcakes are worth it. Check out what the other cupcake bakers thought of these over at Martha Stewart's Cupcakes Club.
I cheated too and ended up making it as a cake! What matters is you took Martha's recipe as inspiration and changed it to fit your needs. I'll bet these were delicious and easy to make!
ReplyDeleteLove your improvisation. Your cupcakes look great.
ReplyDeleteyour cupcakes look great and I am all for simplifying recipes!! Great job and beautiful photos!!
ReplyDeleteoh don't be daft! i think a good handful of us either made shortcuts on these, bought curd/frosting, or just left the topping off altogether. Dont you worry one bit! You participated, you ate, you enjoyed. and in my book, the last two are the most important. hehehe yumm!! they look great!
ReplyDeleteBravo for simplifying! Your cupcakes look delicious. Did you use a silicon pan because they have those lovely smooth sides?
ReplyDeleteYou are very smart to get TJ's lemon curd. I spent over an hour and half on the two batches I had to make. Yours are so pretty and delightful!
ReplyDeleteSo you cheated. It's all good. At least you enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteyour cupcakes look fab! i could bite them off the screen
ReplyDeleteAs long as they taste good. And you DID make the cup cakes.
ReplyDeleteI hear so many people talking about Trader Joe's and how awesome it is...must be a regional store! :)
ReplyDeleteIts okay that you changed the recipe. I wish that I would have made plain 'ol vanilla frosting for these, I would have enjoyed them more. Congratulations on your pregnancy!
I think lots of people used TJ's lemon curd. It is delicious, isn't it! :) Great looking cupcake! - mary the food librarian
ReplyDeleteI've learned so much this week with so many of the bakers talking about TJ's lemon curd - I didn't know about it but I'm going to search it out! Homemade is good, but not always feasible. Your cupcakes look wonderful!
ReplyDeleteYour cupcakes are super cute. I'm going to have to trek to TJs and pick up some of their lemon curd soon.
ReplyDeleteI want to eat these out of the picture. That lemon curd from TJs is so tasty!
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