Lemon Curd Butterfly Cakes

"These are gorgeous little cupcakes - for your eyes and tastebuds! You may make the filling with orange curd (replace lemon with 1 large orange) instead of lemon or quite simply fill them up with whipped cream."
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
12
Yields:
12 cupcakes
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ingredients

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directions

  • Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 5/375F/190°C.
  • You will need a 12-cup muffin tin lined with cupcake baking cases.
  • To make the cakes, sift the flour and salt in a bowl.
  • Then add in the rest of the ingredients in bowl and beat until absolutely smooth - 1-2 minutes.
  • Then fill prepared muffin tin with the mixture and tap the tin two or three times to settle the cake mix.
  • Bake on the centre shelf of the oven for 15-20 minutes or until the cakes are well risen and golden.
  • Remove the cakes from the tin and transfer onto a wire rack and leave to cool.
  • To make the lemon curd, place the grated lemon rind and sugar in a bowl.
  • In another bowl, whisk the lemon juice together with the eggs, then pour the mixture over the sugar.
  • Add the butter cut into small pieces, and place the bowl over a pan of barely simmering water.
  • Stir frequently till thickened - for about 20 minutes.
  • Cool the curd before using it for the filling (these can be stored in a clean dry jar with a screw-top lid, refrigerated and used within a week).
  • To assemble the cake, take a small sharp knife and cut the top off each at an angle in a circle about ½ inch (1 cm) from the edge of the cake so that you remove a cone-shaped round, leaving a cavity in the centre.
  • Cut the round in half, top to bottom, and set aside.
  • Now fill the cavity of each cake with the lemon curd then sit the two cone-shaped pieces of cake on top like butterfly wings.
  • Dust with icing sugar to serve.

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Reviews

  1. I made these for my friends baby-shower. Being a new mum myself I had a slight baby-brain moment & managed to use Tbsp instead of tsp with my baking powder... yep. The end result was still surprisingly delish. More sponge-like rather than cupcake & with the cream you couldn't even noticed lol! Great recipe though - exactly what I was looking for & a hit with all the girls.
     
  2. Incredibly good! Long over due review here. These are gorgeous and so impressed everyone! Not only look gorgeous they taste as good as they look. Made as posted using the lemon curd filling - one of our favorite fillings. Can't wait to try them with the orange filling as well. Love these Butterfly Cakes and have them in my Family Favorites Cookbook.Going to see to plenty repeats on this one.
     
  3. OUTSTANDING! Alone, the lemon taste of the cakes make these very nice, & then with the curd filling, well...They're ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL! Very much worth the effort expended in making these! Thanks for posting the recipe! [Tagged, made & reviewed in Please Review My Recipe]
     
  4. These are perfect cakes! I filled them with a white chocolate cream filling.
     
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