Ahh… yet another delicious cupcake flavour perfect for the summer! Lemon Meringue! We love whipping up gorgeous classic dessert flavours into tasty cupcakes (and macarons too) and this was definitely no exception. Lemon meringue pie is a definite favourite in the Juniper Cakery kitchens so this cupcake was snapped up pretty quick! Also, to be honest if we can fit in some of our home made lemon curd into a cupcake, macaron or cake we’ll try it!
This zesty little treat features a ginger biscuit base baked into a soft vanilla cake. It’s then filled with home made lemon curd, swirled generously with lemon buttercream and finished with ginger biscuit crumble and a home made toasted meringue gem! Yum!
To celebrate our launch and National Cupcake Week we decided to feature decorating tutorials from Monday to Friday instead of our usual weekly ‘Tutorial Tuesday’. What better way to begin than with how to pipe cupcakes! We have used dummy cakes in this tutorial to demonstrate which we recommend for practice purposes.
Step one: To pipe a cupcake choose your desired tip (we have featured examples of four classic cupcake swirls below using the Ateco 848, 808, 868 and 855). A technique we continue to find useful is to pipe your cupcake in two seperate steps. The first step of this technique is to swirl a bottom layer directly onto your cupcake to form a base stopping when you have a ‘peak’ in the middle (as shown above).
Step two: Using the ‘peak’ you created as a guideline begin to pipe the second layer of your frosting. Reducing the size create a similar swirl atop of the one you did in the first step (as seen in the pictures above). Not only does this add hight, now you have a beautifully decorated cupcake!
Please note: If placing your cupcakes in a box the added hight may need to be considered.
We have compiled a ‘Cupcake Kit’ for anyone interested in cupcake decorating. Featured in our kit is 60 random design cupcake cases, a pot of Rainbow Dust cake glitter chosen at random, the four Ateco tips demonstrated above and a pack of 10 12″ Ateco disposable decorating bags all for only £17.50! This kit is perfect for both beginners and professionals alike and, of course, for those who would like to celebrate National Cupcake Week.
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