Best 5 Lemon Curd And Cream Cheese Muffins Recipes

LEMON CURD CUPCAKES

Steps:

• For lemon curd, in a heavy saucepan, cook and stir the sugar, lemon juice and butter until smooth. Stir a small amount of hot mixture into egg; return all to pan. Bring to a gentle boil, stirring constantly; cook 2 minutes longer or until thickened. Stir in lemon zest. Cool for 10 minutes. Cover and chill for 1-1/2 hours or until thickened. , In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Add vanilla and lemon zest. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. , Fill paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. , Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert a small round pastry tip. Fill bag with lemon curd. Insert tip 1 in. into center of each cupcake; fill with curd just until tops of cupcakes begin to crack. , In a small bowl, combine the butter, vanilla, salt, confectioners' sugar and enough milk to achieve frosting consistency. Frost cupcakes. Store in the refrigerator. Garnish with flowers or lemon zest if desired.

LEMON CURD AND CREAM CHEESE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 170°C/325°F and line a muffin pan with paper cases.
• Sift flour, baking powder and caster sugar together.
• Add lemon zest.
• Mix together the milk, egg, butter, lemon curd and vanilla essence.
• Mix together the cream cheese and icing sugar in a seperate bowl.
• Make a well in centre of the dry ingredients, quickly stir in the wet ingredients using no more than 12 strokes.
• Put 1 tablespoon of the muffin mix into the base of the muffin pans.
• Pop a fraction (1/6th) of the cream cheese mixture on top and then cover with the remaining muffin mixture.
• The tins should be almost full to the top.
• Bake in the centre of the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
• Prepare the glaze by mixing the icing sugar and lemon juice together.
• Remove the muffins from their tins, cool for five minutes and then drizzle with the glaze.

LEMON BLUEBERRY PARFAIT

Steps:

• Combine blueberries and blueberry preserves in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and immediately reduce heat to simmer. Simmer until blueberries start to soften and pop, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool for 15 to 20 minutes (sauce will slightly thicken).
• Beat cream in a large chilled glass or metal bowl with an electric mixer until frothy. Add vanilla extract and sugar gradually, continuing to beat on low speed until soft peaks form. Slowly increase speed to high as cream starts to firm up. Beat until stiff peaks form, 1 to 2 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl one time during mixing.
• Spoon equal layers of lemon curd, followed by blueberry sauce, and whipped cream in small dessert glasses. Repeat this layering one more time, and garnish with fresh blueberries and a sprig of mint.
• Move glasses to the fridge, and chill for 30 minutes or longer.

LEMON CURD MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees; line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on med-high speed, beat sugar, butter and lemon zest until light and fluffy.
• Beat in cream cheese until blended.
• Beat in egg, lemon juice and vanilla until blended.
• Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and gently stir with a wooden spoon until just blended.
• Divide half the batter equally among prepared muffin cups.
• Spoon 2 tsp of the lemon curd into the center of each cup of batter.
• Top with the remaining batter and sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
• Bake in oven for 22-24 minutes or until tops are golden brown and spring back when touched.
• Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes, then transfer to the rack to cool.

LEMON GEM MUFFINS WITH CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk together the flour, the baking soda, the salt, and the sugar. In another bowl whisk together the eggs, the lemon juice, the butter, and the vanilla, add the egg mixture to the flour mixture, and stir the batter until it is just combined. Divide the batter among 24 buttered 1/8-cup muffin tins and bake the muffins in the upper third of a preheated 400°F. oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Turn the muffins out onto a rack, let them cool, and serve them with the cream cheese and the papaya in cinnamon syrup.