Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

Ooooh, yummy! Three of the greatest things of all time - lemons, meringue and cupcakes, combined into one snack of awesomeness!

Ingredients

For the cupcake:

• 100g self raising flour
• 100g butter
• 100g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• Lemon Curd

For the meringue:

• 2 egg whites
• 100g caster sgar

Method:

• Preheat oven to 180c/gas mark 4 and line a 12 hole tin with bun cases
• Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy
• Stir in the eggs then the lemon juice
• Fold in the flour
• Spoon 1 large tbsp of the mixture into each case, then make a small dip in the middle of each one
• Spoon 1 tsp of lemon curd into each dip, then cover with the remaining mixture
• Bake in the oven for 10 minutes
• While the cupcakes are baking, make the meringue. Beat the egg whites in a clean bowl until they from stiff peaks
• Slowly add the sugar until the mixture is thick and glossy
• Spoon the mixture into a ziplock bag or piping bag and cut off one of the corners
• Remove the cupcakes from the oven and pipe the meringue over the tops of the cakes
• Return to the oven for 10 minutes
• Once cooked, remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tin

Et voila! Delicious lemon meringue cupcakes!