I recently received and order for fifty baby shower themed cupcakes. I love babies and cupcakes so it was a great challenge.
For this particular order i made a bunch of different flavors but i wanted to share my Lemon Curd Cupcakes with all of you.
Here we go...
Vanilla Cupcakes with a Lemon Curd filling and topped Vanilla Buttercream
Yield: 25 Cupcakes
For the Cupcakes:
1 3/4 cups cake flour
- 1 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Filling:
5 egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
4 lemons, zested and juiced
1 stick of butter, cut into small squares
For the Buttercream:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 5 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Procedure