Thursday 6 August 2015

Lemon Curd Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcakes

Left with some yummy homemade lemon curd from the making of Danish puff pastry  here.  I was thinking why not pipe some lemon curd to make Lemon Curd Hokkaido Chiffon cupcakes ... hee ... hee :D


I remembered last year I tried out chiffon cupcake with combination of cake flour & rice flour here. So, I modified & tweaked the same recipe a little by replacing coffee to lemon juice and baked these ... Ta da ! Lemon Curd Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcakes ... hee.. hee lol!

Lemon Curd Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcakes
Yields about 11 cupcakes depending on the types of paper/cupcake liners.

Method :
Pre-heat oven to 160°C. Place rack in center of oven.
Note: The temperature of the oven may vary, do adjust accordingly.
Arrange cupcake liners on baking tray.
Sift together the cake flour & rice flour and set aside.


1) Separate the eggs into yolks and whites.(the size of my egg is 60g each with shell)

2) In a clean mixing bowl, whisk the cold egg whites till foamy using the electric mixer. Gradually add in caster sugar in 3 separate additions and beat till stiff peak, formed into a firm meringue. Transfer to a big bowl and chill in the fridge.

3) In the same mixing bowl, cream together egg yolks and caster sugar until pale and thick using the electric mixer (about 3 - 4 minutes).  Add vegetable oil and continue beating. Once the oil has been incorporated, add water and lemon juice and mix well.

4) Next, add the sifted flours and mix until just combined.

5) Gently fold 1/3 of the meringue into batter with a spatula. Fold the remaining meringue into the mixture in 2 batches until it looks evenly mixed (no streaks of meringue).

6) Scoop batter into pre-arranged cupcake liners to about ¾ full.

7) Bake at 160°C for about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.

Once cooled, fill a piping bag with lemon curd and pipe into the cupcakes.
Chill for a couple of hours before serving.

Yum yum ... Taste nice. Simply love these fluffy soft chiffon cupcakes with the tangy sweet lemon curd ^-^ Perhaps I should blend the lemon curd with some whipping cream the next time ... to have a creamier but light filling.



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Linking this post to "Bake-Along #84"
Theme Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcakes
Hosted by Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids, Joyce from Kitchen Flavours and Lena from Frozen Wings.


20 comments:

  1. How to pipe the lemon curd into the cupcakes? Sorry, noob question. :P

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    1. I used a normal rounded pipping tip inserted into the pipping bag. Fill up the filling and poke in the tip into the cupcake and pipe the filling. If you have a long & narrow tip would be better.

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  2. Yum, the sour-ish lemon curd will definitely go well with the cupcakes, look delicious, Karen!

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    1. Thanks Jasline. I hope can find time to bake pandan hokkaido chiffon cupcakes.

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  3. i know im going to love these too cos i love lemon curd!

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  4. Anytime for some sweet sourish cupcakes for my tea or coffee time!

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    1. Hee .. hee.. These cupcakes are very addictive. ...

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  5. Hi Karen,
    Lovely chiffon cupcakes! I like your filling of the lemon curd, must be really lemony and delicious with the soft fluffy cake! I could eat a few in one sitting! :)

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    1. Thanks Joyce. I had 2 in one sitting ... hee hee !

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  6. 我喜欢这种酸酸甜甜的味道。。。。 like !

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    1. Thanks Joceline ...酸酸甜甜的very addictive!

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  7. Karen, it has been a long, long time since I baked Hokkaido Chiffon Cupcakes. Yours turned out really well and so yummy with lemon curd!

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    1. Thanks Phong Hong. Somehow I find that the tangy lemon curd compliment well with this chiffon cupcakes.

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  8. Hi Karen,

    Very beautiful and soft cupcakes! This is a delicious way of using up excess lemon curd!!! The boring me will just eat them with just plain white bread :p

    Zoe

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  9. Hi Karen, your cupcakes look really well made, I bet the sweet and tangy taste of curd make it very refreshing! I too have some leftover curd which I have made for some macarons but I am making a vanilla cupcakes for this bake along, hope they turn out as good as yours:D

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  10. Hi Karen, this is so well done. I know I will sure like!

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  11. Looks so delicious and so soft ! In love this kind of cake !

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