Would you eat this?

[TORino]

I've been baking today for my Grandma-in-Law's 80th birthday party and I followed a recipe from the Hummingbird bakery's cook book.

It was for lemon meringue cupcakes.

The meringue bit on the top contains egg whites and I made it by whipping the egg whites and adding boiling sugar syrup and whipping a bit more. They then went under the grill for 5 mins to brown the top (on were torched a bit more with a blow torch)

The meringue stuff is quite foamy. I don't think it is intended to be hard like a usual meringue as it is on top of a cupcake.
However, I'm not sure if the egg was 'cooked' through enough or not. I don't want to take any unnecessary risks but they are calling out to me from the kitchen and everyone else who has eaten one today has said they are divine!

 

[1986princess]

im sure it will be cooked through enough to eat a little hun. is it just egg whites? id like to say ud be fine but if its going to worry u lots then dont bother for your peace of mind x

 

[x_larlybelle_x]

I'm sure 1 wouldn't hurt, although can u stop at one?!

 

[nik106]

I have actually made the meringue frosting, and ate a fair few (i even put WAY too much egg in). I was testing different toppings for nieces's birthday cake. It was very nice and i came to the conclusion that because of the molten sugar going in, it was fine - i didn't cook the tops either, as it wouldn't have worked out for the cake i was making. In the end, i didn't go with it, didn't think it was the best thing to feed a bunch of 4 year olds, but i had no problems with it myself. The mixture is quite warm once the sugar has gone in and you have to spread before it cools for ease, so i figure the egg has been cooked to some extent.

 

[TORino]

Thanks everyone. Im uber paranoid about things at the minute that's all. I need to chill......

 

[Applecider]

Im the same as u tor I check everything has been cooked!! My mums thinks I need to chill Xx

 

[Sunbeam638]

Don't worry I broke all the rules this week, had blue cheese and crackers...yesterday I cooked carbonara from fresh with egg yolk...can't help it because the thought of foods I would normally eat turn my stomach. Hummingbird bakery is a brilliant book, you will be fine with those meringues I'm far worse!xxx

 

[JJ Mum]

Were they yummy then? I got given that same cook book last week for my bday from my mum, and thhat recipe had caught my eye as yummy looking.

I think it must be cooked to some extent as the ladies said, 5 mins under grill, you poach an egg for less time

 

[positivity :)]

humingbird cupcakes

sorry, i know that wasn't very useful

xx

 

[Bunnykins]

If you use eggs with the red lion stamp on the shells you will be fine as they are from hens screened and vaccinated against salmonella etc, if I'm ever using a recipe with under cooked or raw eggs like with royal icing etc I make sure that's what I use. Most eggs from supermarkets have the stamp as standard, its ones from farm shops you have to watch out for.