Lime Meringue Cupcakes
Lime Meringue Cupcakes

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, lime meringue cupcakes. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Combine the flour, the baking powder, and the salt in a medium bowl. Lime Cupcakes with Lime Curd Filling and Swiss Meringue Frosting. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. In a large bowl, combine the sugar and yolks.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have lime meringue cupcakes using 21 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lime Meringue Cupcakes:
  1. Take For the cupcakes:
  2. Make ready 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flower
  3. Make ready 1 tsp baking powder
  4. Make ready 1/4 tsp baking soda
  5. Prepare 1/4 tsp salt
  6. Get 1/2 cup sugar
  7. Make ready 2 eggs+ 1 egg yolk
  8. Take 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
  9. Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp lime juice
  10. Take 1 tsp lime zest
  11. Prepare 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  12. Prepare For the lime curd:
  13. Get 2 egg yolks
  14. Take 1/3 cup sugar
  15. Get 1 pinch salt
  16. Prepare 1/4 cup (57 grams) butter
  17. Get 1 1/2 tbsp lime juice
  18. Take for the meringue:
  19. Make ready 3 egg whites
  20. Get 2/3 cup sugar
  21. Take 1 tsp lime juice

Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. These Lemon Meringue Cupcakes are made with a light lemon cake, lemon curd filling and lightly toasted meringue frosting! It's like Lemon Meringue Pie in cupcake form! The lemon-lime curd is oozy and provides zing while the meringue topping is soft and smooth.

Steps to make Lime Meringue Cupcakes:
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Line a 12 muffin tin with liners.
  3. For the cake: Sift together the flour, baking powder and baking soda.
  4. In a large bowl, add the eggs, sugar and salt and using an electric hand mixer in medium speed, beat until the mixture is pale, light and fluffy, for about 5-8 mins.
  5. Add the lime juice, zest, oil and condensed milk and beat for 10 more seconds.
  6. Add the flour mixture and beat just until there are no lumps. DO NOT OVER-BEAT.
  7. Pour the batter into the lined muffin tins. Swirl a toothpick into the batter to get rid of the air bubbles.
  8. Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 mins, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean.
  9. Take the cupcakes out of the pan when it's warm and cool completely.
  10. For the lime curd: Put all the ingredients together in a heatproof bowl.
  11. Set over a double boiler with gently simmering water, make sure the bowl doesn't touch the water.
  12. Keep stirring the mixture using a whisk for about 5-10 mins, or until the curd thickens.
  13. Take it off the heat and let it cool. Cover with plastic wrap and let the curd cool completely in the refrigerator.
  14. For the meringue: Put all the ingredients in a heatproof bowl and put the bowl on a double boiler over simmering water.
  15. Keep whisking until the sugar is melted.
  16. Take the egg whites off the heat and beat with an electric mixture on medium-high speed until it forms stiff peaks.
  17. Decorating the cupcakes: Using a teaspoon, scoop out some cake from the center of each cupcake. (Don't throw them out, just eat them immediately!)
  18. Fill the holes with lime curd. Then put some meringue on top. Decorate however you want, and it's done!!

It's like Lemon Meringue Pie in cupcake form! The lemon-lime curd is oozy and provides zing while the meringue topping is soft and smooth. I have made lemon meringue cupcakes in the past but I really enjoy the zing and freshness of lime so I decided to make a lemon-lime curd instead, making them lemon-lime meringue cupcakes. The cake does seem a little dense but when you take a bite and. Cut into small pieces before use.

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