Strawberry Cloud Cakes

For some time know I have wanting to try out a meringue icing, so I decided that these little babies were  a must Sunday try. Here is the recipe if you want to give them a shot yourself

Strawberry Butter cake

90g softened butter

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup caster sugar

2 eggs

1 cup SR Flour

2 tbs milk

2 tbs strawberry jam

1. Pre heat oven to 160º C in fan- force setting, Line 12 standards muffin pan
2. Beat buuter, extract and sugar
3. Add flour, milk and beat until mixture is pale in colour
4. Divide mixture among cases and add jam over over cupcakes and using a skewer swirl jam into cakes
5. bake for 20 mins and leave to cool

Frosting

1 cup caster sugar

1/3 cup water

2 egg whites

1. combine sugar and water in small saucepan, stir over heat without boiling or stirring for abut 5 minutes. Syrup should be thick but not coloured
2. Remove from heat allow bubbles to subside
3. beat egg whites until soft peaks form
4. while mixer is operating add hot syrup in thin stream 
5. beat on high speed for about 10 minutes or until mixtures thick and cool