Over the river and through the woods to Lake Michigan we go? Part 2

Yes I did make a part 2 of this blog entry only because part 1 was incredibly long. It would take up to much space and you would be bored to death. I don't want anyone to die of boredom ( but that would look funny on a gravestone).

Lemon Meringue Cupcakes. That was the final vote. I was going to make these for some of my neighbors relatives that were stopping by at the cabin, which was an interesting predicament for me. It wasn't meeting relatives and such, oh no. It was the cupcake part.

First of all I was making lemon custard for the first time, and I wanted these to be absolutely perfect, so if I messed up all the parts that make these cupcakes, I would end up in a embarrassed situation. And look like some pre-schooler that made mud pies instead of gourmet cupcakes. Fast forward now at about 6 p.m it was going fine until, I smelled something, 1 out of the 3 things I HATE to smell in the kitchen. Either, spoiled milk, rotten eggs, or smoke. It was definitely the smoke! Yuck! Only a fourth of it was burnt, and I scrubbed my arm off to the lemon crap of the bottom of the pan.

Finally, I got to make the actual cupcake batter. Which I wont go into detail about. Second of all the meringue. Now I know what it was like for people you wanted to make meringue was back the 1500s. And I do NOT want to go down that path again. As you know in the part 1, is that I used a cute, antique electric mixer, well, we couldn't find the second beater, and when we used only one, it made a loud whirring sound and smelled like grease. So I attempted to start whipping the egg whites and cream of tartar. I have never whipped so hard in my baking history. I got it up to the fluffy part, when we found an old a 1950 Kitchen Aid mixer. I have never been so happy to see something covered in black grease before.

Well after a long day here's how they turned out...

Not my best decorating job...for dinner Lasagna, fresh-baked homemade bread, and mixed green salad. And for desert Lemon Meringue Cupcakes. Sticky meringue, tart lemon filling and an unbelievably yummy cupcake batter.