Lemon Curd on Saturday morning

Making Lemon Curd for the First Time

CupcakeJemma is one of my all time favorite YouTube channels. Many times I have watched her videos and wanted to instantly try the new recipe she's presented.

I bought a clutch of cake mixes when were on sale. Then I got it in my head that lemon curd would make the perfect filling for a strawberry cake.

Cupcake Jemma's Lemon Curd (with changes to make my life easier)

Ingredients

5 yolks
2 whole eggs (plus 1 extra to compensate for egg lost to aggressive egg cracking)
zest of 1 lemon
100 ml fresh lemon (took 2 lemons) (I don't have a measuring cup with 110 ml)
110 grams granulated sugar
1/2 stick butter (1/4 cup)

Instructions

Step 1: Pull up Cupcake Jemma's Perfect Lemon Curd video. Rewatch the video.

Step 2: Set up a bain marie with your KitchenAid bowl because you don't have any other metal bowls. So it's giant, a pain in a butt to wash and perfect.

Step 3: Separate the eggs. It doesn't matter if the albumen contaminate the yolks but if you want to use the whites for an application then the quarantine method is required. Since you have to separate 5 eggs, why not just do it right? Crack the egg over one bowl, deposit the yolk and transfer the white into a second bowl. Check for yolk and deposit the white in a third bowl.

Step 4: Add eggs to your shopping list. At this point you realize that this recipe will take between 7 and 8 eggs and that's going to use up most if not all of your eggs.

Step 5: Crack the whole eggs into your yolks. Crack an extra egg to replace the egg streaming down the front of your dishwasher. (Cracking eggs can be hard. I'm good at it because I've cracked more than I can count. But it can be a hard skill to learn.)

Step 6: Wash your hands. Wash your nephew's hands.

Step 7: Clean up the counter, the dishwasher and the floor. (Cracking eggs is hard)

Step 8: Zest one of the lemons.

Take a break to appreciate the scent of the lemon.

Step 9: Slice one lemon in half and cut two thin slices from the lemon. Make lemon water for your nephews.

Step 10: Juice two of the lemons. This can be accomplished with a reamer, a juicer or just with hand power (my preferred method).

Step 11: Cook the mixture of eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice and sugar over the bain marie to thicken it. This took me about 10 minutes but it depends on what temperature you have your stove on.

Step 12: Take the mixture off the stove. Add the butter one chunk at a time.

Step 13: Push the curd through a metal mesh strainer.

Step 14: Give all participants a taste then put it away in the fridge.