Bake#4: Jenny bakes Meyer Lemon Cupcakes

I disclosed earlier the reason why I had picked this for bake number four but truthfully, there's a different reason behind this. A rather selfish one, really. *Grin* No, it's not because I have loads of these wonderful harvest from our tree (aren't they gorgeous though?)

but rather, the thing that drove me to select this week's recipe was simply THIS:


I got these adorably cute glossy paper liners for more than couple years now and just hadn't been inspired to use it on any of my bakes! I've been diligently spring-cleaning last week when I saw these cutesies, pressed against the wall and stuck way toward the back of the shelf, just screaming out "use me, use me, use ME!!!" I swear I could hear that (or was it all in my head?!) Sometimes I'm not certain if I'm hearing my own thoughts or something else.....but that's a different story for another time. Unlike other liners, these are somewhat shorter and wider - they're more suitable for tartlettes, but thanks to my silicon muffin liners, the cupcakes fit (almost) these liners perfectly!

I simply love the lemony pucker of this entire combo. The cupcakes were moist; I used mascarpone cheese instead of cream cheese as I wanted it to be a little richer and less tangy. It wasn't my first time making lemon curd, I've tried various other recipes and this one's quite good, really. I love it so much that I came up with three full jars of lemon curd from the harvest. I think I'm going to set up shop right on our front yard to sell lemonade and lemon curd this weekend! :-) And I could also be selling these cupcakes - the recipe yields enough to feed an army! - but I ended up with less than 5 cupcakes left on my kitchen counter now since I had halved the recipe (hubby took the rest to work), so nothing left to sell!

Lemons. So bright, so yellow, so fragrant.......now, why would a beauty like this have such negative connotation? If life hands us lemons, I'd say rejoice! And make lots and lots of lemon cupcakes!
Am I the only one who's loving this recipe?!? And oh, I added a little something-something on top of my cupcakes. See if you can spot it?!