So, I thought this was going to be a quick and easy recipe but it seems have caused all sorts of problems! We’ve had collapsing cupcakes and failed meringues galore! It is very strange as I’ve tried this recipe many times and home and it has worked every time. The main culprit for the sunken cupcakes is probably oven temperatures, which vary wildly and are hardly ever what you think they are. Meringue is a tricky customer and I’ve only just got the hang of it after many, many attempts. It is very easy to slightly over-whisk it and cause it to turn to liquid when you add the sugar.
Thank you everyone who joined in this month, I hope the failed attempts weren’t too stressful. I am going to have to think of something fail-safe for next month! If you have baked the lemon meringue cupcakes, please feel free to add a link to your blog post below and add a photo to the Flickr group. I’ll leave the inlinkz tool open until the 5th June.
4 comments
Lucy says:
May 29, 2011
I haven’t had time to do this this month unfortunately but I have seen a few other people’s sunken efforts! They do look delicious when they turn out though so will be keeping hold of the recipe for the future! x
amylane says:
May 29, 2011
I’ve not had any problems but I’m going to try and improve the recipe as others have struggled. Let me know how you get on, x
Kim says:
May 29, 2011
Link added! Despite the sunkenness it’s a great recipe – everyone who has tried them thought they were really nice. It was my first time making meringue and that bit went great, so extra thanks for that bit! Will definitely be making these again, potential sinking be damned!
amylane says:
May 30, 2011
I’m so glad you enjoyed them despite the sinking issue! Thanks for linking up 🙂