Cooking:
A few weeks ago we had a massive weekend gardening - which i mixed up with some baking just to keep the energy levels up (sound like a good excuse to me anyway) – the baking part was far more fun as it involved eating!
First off vanilla cupcakes with butter cream icing – they were so good – and doing all that gardening just made the justification for eating them that little bit easier :)
First off vanilla cupcakes with butter cream icing – they were so good – and doing all that gardening just made the justification for eating them that little bit easier :)
I also had a glut of lemons – courtesy of me not being able to walk past bags of lemons for 99c at my local grocers....don't they just look so pretty in a bowl?
So I thought I might dig out a great recipe for lemon butter that Em gave me a few years back……sorry I don’t know where the recipe has originated from, but Em said she was given it by a local girl near her - so thank you!
It's just delicious and super easy. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
It's just delicious and super easy. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Lemon Butter
Ingredients:
4 egg yolks
2/3 cup caster sugar
60grams butter
2 teaspoons lemon zest
100mls lemon juice
4 egg yolks
2/3 cup caster sugar
60grams butter
2 teaspoons lemon zest
100mls lemon juice
Steps:
1. Whisk egg yolks and sugar until smooth (not frothy).
2. Place all other ingredients into a heavy saucepan and add egg and sugar.
3. Stir constantly on a med/high on stove for 5 minutes and then remove. The mixture will still be thin, but it will set once it cools.
4. Cool and bottle.
1. Whisk egg yolks and sugar until smooth (not frothy).
2. Place all other ingredients into a heavy saucepan and add egg and sugar.
3. Stir constantly on a med/high on stove for 5 minutes and then remove. The mixture will still be thin, but it will set once it cools.
4. Cool and bottle.
Note: I find I double the recipe when I make this and it gives me 2 nice full jars (as in the photo below), I also add slightly more lemon zest as I enjoy the texture.