We’ve outlined all the ingredients and directions for you to make the perfect Apple Meringue Cupcakes. This dish qualifies as a Easy level recipe. It should take you about 2 hr to make this recipe. The Apple Meringue Cupcakes recipe should make enough food for 24 cupcakes.
You can add your own personal twist to this Apple Meringue Cupcakes recipe, depending on your culture or family tradition. Don’t be scared to add other ingredients once you’ve gotten comfortable with the recipe! Please see below for a list of potential bakeware items that might be necessary for this Apple Meringue Cupcakes recipe.
Ingredients for Apple Meringue Cupcakes
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (see Cook’s Note)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 2 sticks (16 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 large crisp sweet apple, such as Gala, peeled, cored, and finely chopped (about 1 cup)
- 8 large egg whites
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice plus 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
- Pinch of cream of tartar
- Pinch of fine salt
Directions for Apple Meringue Cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
- Whisk together the flour, baking soda, nutmeg and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Beat the butter and sugar together, in a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and then the vanilla, beating until smooth.
- Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in half of the flour mixture until just combined. Add the sour cream, mixing to combine, and then the rest of the flour. Beat until well combined, taking care not to overmix. Stir in the chopped apples.
- Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups, filling them almost halfway full. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcakes comes out clean and the tops spring back when pressed gently, about 20 minutes. Cool the cupcakes in the tin on a rack for 10 minutes then remove from the tin and cool completely. Transfer the cooled cupcakes to a baking sheet.
- Preheat broiler on low.
- Bring a few inches of water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Whisk together the egg whites, sugar, lemon juice and zest, cream of tartar and salt in a heat-safe bowl. Set the bowl over the saucepan, making sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water. Continue whisking until the mixture is hot to the touch and the sugar dissolves, about 2 minutes. Remove the bowl from the saucepan and beat, using an electric mixer at medium-high speed, until the meringue is cool and holds a stiff peak, about 7 minutes.
- Using a spoon, offset spatula or piping bag, dollop, spread or pipe the meringue on top of each cupcake. Use the back of a spoon to create peaks and valleys in the frosting as desired.
- Working in batches, place the cupcakes under the broiler and cook until the meringue is browned in spots, 1 to 2 minutes, watching carefully to avoid burning. Let cool.
Bakeware for your recipe
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- Cooking pots
- Frying pan
- Steamers
- Colander
- Skillet
- Knives
- Cutting board
- Grater
- Saucepan
- Stockpot
- Spatula
- Tongs
- Measuring cups
- Wooden Spoon
Categories in this Recipe
- Cupcake – A cupcake (also British English: fairy cake; Hiberno-English: bun) is a small cake designed to serve one person, which may be baked in a small thin paper or aluminum cup. As with larger cakes, frosting and other cake decorations such as fruit and candy may be applied.
