I have been enjoying a big jar of home made lemon curd recently slathered over anything I could eat, so decided to add it to my favourite almond flour cupcake recipe. I made them into butterfly cakes as the "wings" seemed to fit just right over the lemon curd filling and more importantly, I thought that they looked cute! To me, butterfly cakes were something that takes me back to my childhood as we used to bake this on a Sunday afternoon. This is a lovely fresh cupcake that is full of the zing of spring!
One thing that I am learning about not making "traditional" cake batters, is that the healthy alternative is just so much easier! Not of that beating and creaming...just mix, cook and eat! You still get a lovely fluffy moist cake too! Who needs that nasty flour...bah!
Keto Lemon Curd Butterfly Cupcake
Ingredients
- 2 cups almond flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ cup butter melted
- 4 medium eggs
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup erythritol
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup lemon curd low carb (recipe in above link)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F degrees.
- Mix the almond flour, baking powder and salt together.
- In another bowl mix the butter, water, eggs, erythritol and vanilla essence.
- Combine the wet and dry ingredients together and stir well.
- Pour the mixture into a muffin tin lined with cupcake cases.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until firm.
- Allow to cool, then with a small knife, cut out circles from the cupcakes. Turn the circles on their sides and trim down slightly, (so that they will fit better on the cupcake). Cut in half.
- Fill the holes in the cupcakes with the lemon curd.
- Place the two cut circle halves on top of the cupcake, with the longside next to each other...making the "butterfly" wings.
Nutrition
Kat Rogers
OH YEAH~ I Do Have A Question, Please~ What, Exactly, Is VANILLA ESSENCE? Not the same as Vanilla EXTRACT, I'm guessing.
Thank You kindly, My Dear!
Angela Coleby
It's much the same thing.
Kat Rogers
I'm So Glad That Someone, Besides ME, Finds Me Amusing~ Thanks! ? And Have A Most Lovely Day!
Kat Rogers
Oh my gosh~ I'm back AGAIN! It's 4:10 in THE MORNING and I CANNOT STOP Looking Through YOUR Recipes! Not that I'm going to make The Lemon Curd (of which I Have A Bag Of ORGANIC LEMONS IN MY FRIDGE WAITING/WANTING TO BE SQUEEZED!) But in anticipation of making this, Could You Please Update The Link TO Said Lemon Curd... at Your Earliest Convenience?
Thank You Sooo Much!
Purrs, ?
Kat Rogers
Good Lord~ I PROMISE That After This, I WILL PUT DOWN THE TABLET & STOP BOTHERING YOU... FOR THE NIGHT, ANYWAY! ? AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME, but I just saw another link for The Lemon Curd!
I know that all of Those Wonderful Ads On Your Site Are Very Important For YOU... $$$ or £££ OR... but for me they are popping up all over the page and due to the fact that I'm easily distracted, I completely missed seeing The Title Line!
SHORT STORY LONG~ That's MY Style~ PLEASE DISREGARD (OR DELETE!) MY PREVIOUS COMMENT ATTACHED TO THIS REPLY! SERIOUSLY, I NEED TO EAT SOMETHING (OMG~ LIKE THAT BROCCOLI & BLUE CHEESE STROMBOLI~[SP?]!!)!
Thanks & Good Night... Morning?!
Angela Coleby
Kat, you have made me giggle this morning when I woke up to your messages! Thank you for your comments and I hope you enjoy the recipes.
Kat Rogers
I'm So Glad That Someone, Besides ME, Finds Me Amusing~ Thanks! ? And Have A Most Lovely Day!
Angela Coleby
I'll put it on the list to do! When life give you lemons, make lemon curd!
Naomi
When you say half a cup of butter melted. Do you mean solid butter half a cup then melt or half a cup of melted butter. I'm hoping the latter
Angela Coleby
I cut up solid butter in a half cup and melt it but measure the melted butter back in the half cup to make sure the measurement is correct. Sometimes I can be too zealous with my packing of the solid butter into the measuring cup.
Libby
Made lemon curd and butterfly cakes today. Absolutely delish and such a treat for me to have lemon curd as a diabetic.
Divalicious
Glad you enjoyed it Libby!
A Table in the Sun
I adore lemon curd. These would be such a nice weekend treat.