Lemon vanilla cupcake

I love lemon curd. So when I was making a jar of homemade lemon curd the other day, I just had to bake some cupcakes and use the silky smooth lemon curd as a filling. I ended up with these delicious lemon vanilla cupcakes. Do I need to tell you, that they were oh so good? The fresh lemon zest, the seeds from the vanilla bean, the delicious sweet and tart lemon curd. All together with the sweet white meringue frosting on top. They were a hit!

This cupcake will be just as good without the filling. Maybe with a Italian Meringue Buttercream flavoured with lemon curd on top, instead of the white frosting. I would also love to try these cupcakes just plain, with a spread of royal icing.

I went for a quick decoration with some yellow shimmering non-parelis and a small petunia flower

I have used a 11mm star tip for the swirl (the same tip that I used for the confetti cupcake) and the color for the flower are Wisteria from Squires Kitchen.

If you would like to try a lemonly lemon treat yourself? Then here are the recipes:

White Meringue Frosting
Lemon Vanilla Cupcakes
Lemon Curd

Happy Caking!

Louise

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Jenn says:

Jan 25, 2011

Lovely post..I’m looking forward to trying on them…well done!!!

Becs lake says:

Jan 24, 2011

YUM Louise! This looks delicious!!! Lemon and vanilla is one of my favourite favourite favourite combinations – Becs @ Stiletto Studio
http://www.becslake.blogspot.com

Becky says:

Jan 22, 2011

I will try these this weekend! I always think I don’t like lemon curd, but when I make it for others, I wind up loving it. I think it needs a new name and new marketing. “Curd” just sounds yucky. Maybe “cagliata”. Food names sound good in Italian

Anonymous says:

LOL Becky… but yes it could be fun with a new name.

SherrimcD says:

Jan 19, 2011

I will try this recipe. Love the way it looks too, very spring color.

Lauren says:

Jan 18, 2011

Wow, these cupcakes look amazing! The recipes look great, and I like how you give different options with filling the cupcakes or using different frosting!

Terpsi says:

Lemon, vanilla and merengue, uhmmmm!!

Ilovecupcakes01 says:

Yellow (Vanilla) cupcake is absolutely perfect for a treat. I love on how you decorate this cupcake, it not only proves “simplicity is beauty” but also elegance. Nice post.