This recipe is dedicated to the Zigler boys. These cupcakes are a bite of sunshine for the five little boys who are a ray of sunshine in my life. What better reward than to see a plate filled only with a piece of turkey and one of those cupcakes? Or to see sticky mouths with empty wrappers strewed all over their table? Take a bite and see if it doesn't take you back to those simple joys of childhood's pure sugar highs.
Lemon Ricotta Cupcakes with Lemon Curd Glaze
makes 18 cupcakes
7 oz almond paste
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup whole milk ricotta
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
4 eggs, slightly beaten, room temperature
2/3 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon lemon zest
2 Tablespoons milk
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Beat almond paste and sugar on medium speed until thoroughly combined. Add ricotta and beat again. Add softened butter and beat on medium-high until light in color. Add eggs and beat two minutes. Whisk dry ingredients together separately and add to wet ingredients along with milk. Fold ingredients to combine.
Line cupcake pan with liners and fill with batter until 2/3 full. Bake for 20 minutes until lightly browned.
Lemon Curd (from Joy of Cooking) chilled overnight.
To frost: let cupcakes stand overnight uncovered. Take one tablespoon of curd and spoon over tops of cupcakes. Let stand uncovered for several hours, or until ready to serve. Can decorate with lemon zest strips or as desired.
4 comments:
So for Easter I made a lemon layer cake with a lemon curd filling...and all the curd slid off the cake and onto the plate! It was still delicious, but the curd was too thin I think, more like a glaze...any thoughts??? :)
Christina
Lemon curd is usually thickened by the protein in the eggs. Usually, the eggs and sugar are whisked together, then the other ingredients added and it is cooked until it thickens. Next time, use more eggs and sugar and less butter at the end. Joy of Cooking has two recipes-- one of them being a low-fat recipe- I tried this one. It might be thicker!
oh my GOSH, girl! these sound awesome.
*runs to go make some*
I was hoping to get the recipe for "Lemon Curd" as I can't locate my Joy of Cooking cookbook.
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