Ingredients

• Ingredients for Lemon Cake
• 1 Lemon Cake Mix
• 3 tbsp. THRIVE Whole Egg Powder In a tiny bowl mix together the water and egg powder.
• Ingredients for Lemon Butter Cream Icing
• 1 c. Butter at room temperature
• 1 c. Vegetable Shortening
• 3 c. Powdered Sugar
• 1/2 can Evaporated Milk
• 1 tsp. Classic Lemonade (Seasonal) If you don't have any on hand you can use Lemon Flavoring
• 2 tbsp. meringue powder (you can find this in the cake decorating section at most department stores.)
• Lemon Curd Filling
• 2/3 c. Cane Sugar
• 4 tsp. Cornstarch
• 4 tsp. Lemon zest (about 3-4 small lemons)
• 0 Lemon juice from lemons (If you don't have lemons substitute 1/2 cup of prepared Thrive Lemonade)
• 1/2 c. Butter
• 4 tbsp. THRIVE Whole Egg Powder + 8 TBL of water

Directions

1. Cupcakes
2. Follow cake mix directions (replace eggs with Thrive egg and water mixture). Line 24 cupcake holders with cupcake liners. Fill ⅔ full with cake batter. Bake according to box directions.
3. Lemon Butter Cream Icing
4. With an electric mixer combine the shortening and powdered sugar. While mixing add the evaporated milk a little at a time until desired creamy and easy to pipe. Add the rest of the ingredients. If you live in a dry climate keep bowl covered with a damp paper towel. If the icing gets too dry add a tsp of water.
5. Lemon Curd Filling
6. In a medium saucepan combine the sugar, cornstarch & lemon zest.
7. Stir in HALF of lemon juice. Add butter and cook on medium low heat until thickened and bubbly.
8. Stir the other half of the lemon juice into the powdered egg mixture. Whisk a small amount of the powdered egg mixture into the pan until all combined. Cook and stir 2 minutes more.
9. Cover with waxed paper and let it sit to cool. Makes about 2 cups.
10. Assembling the Cupcakes
11. Make a small hole with an apple corer or icing tip.
12. I find that filling the cupcakes with a the lemon curd is easiest using a baby spoon. You could also pipe it in through filling a sandwich bag with the curd, snip the end and squeeze filling into the cupcake.
13. Pipe the lemon butter cream over cupcakes.