Vanilla Cupcakes with Lemon Curd and Meringue
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
The whole famiy was in KL last week. So, on Saturday Baba decided to invite some relatives over for tea. Since K Supi was on holiday, Mak with the helps from K Noha and Kakak did most of the on-the-stove cookings, while I was the self-appointed Patissier or Pastry Chef *heheh*.
The menu of the day consisted of Spaghetti Goreng, Sate Ayam, assortments of Samosas, Otak-otak and Chicken drummets. For desserts, we had Fruit Cocktails and cupcakes inspired by Lime Key Pie Cupcakes from 500 Cupcakes by Fergal Connolly.
Presenting Vanilla Cupcakes with Lemon Curd Filling and Coconut Meringue Toppings. "The name was too long indeed. Anyone wanted to provide me with a shorter and trendier name?". The contrasting taste of sweetness (from the cuppies and meringue) and sourness (from the lemon curd) definitely gave us some kick!
The original recipe called for condensed milk as the filling. As the family is not a big fan of anything too sweet, I decided to make Lemon Curd instead. "Another reason was, suddenly there were 3 lemons in the fridge, tak tau nak buat ape with them"
When the cupcakes has cooled, made tiny holes in it and filled with Lemon Curd.
Replaced the top and piped the meringue and sprinkled some dessicated coconut.
Lesson learnt - I made a mistake of pre-toasting the dessicated coconut, therefore when I browned the meringue in the oven later, the already browned-coconut nearly burnt. Maka tidak golden lah my meringue topping.
The menu of the day consisted of Spaghetti Goreng, Sate Ayam, assortments of Samosas, Otak-otak and Chicken drummets. For desserts, we had Fruit Cocktails and cupcakes inspired by Lime Key Pie Cupcakes from 500 Cupcakes by Fergal Connolly.
Presenting Vanilla Cupcakes with Lemon Curd Filling and Coconut Meringue Toppings. "The name was too long indeed. Anyone wanted to provide me with a shorter and trendier name?". The contrasting taste of sweetness (from the cuppies and meringue) and sourness (from the lemon curd) definitely gave us some kick!
The original recipe called for condensed milk as the filling. As the family is not a big fan of anything too sweet, I decided to make Lemon Curd instead. "Another reason was, suddenly there were 3 lemons in the fridge, tak tau nak buat ape with them"
When the cupcakes has cooled, made tiny holes in it and filled with Lemon Curd.
Replaced the top and piped the meringue and sprinkled some dessicated coconut.
Lesson learnt - I made a mistake of pre-toasting the dessicated coconut, therefore when I browned the meringue in the oven later, the already browned-coconut nearly burnt. Maka tidak golden lah my meringue topping.
Cik Ana at 11:34 am
3 Comments:
Yummy..
kak zafa: begitu pantas sekali. PSZ masih busy lagi ke?
buat masa ni, hujan memanjang di sini, alhamdulillah tak banjir tapi ada rumah staf psz kena banjir. as for us, semua sibuk menyiapkan reports, skt & everything under the sun b4 tomorrow!!!boleh bayangkan semua mengadap komputer...hehe..nak cuti lepas ni...
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