Bee Lemon Curd Domes

These Bee Lemon Curd Domes 🍋🐝 are bright, creamy, buttery, and almost too cute to eat. Silky lemon curd domes sit on a crisp almond cookie base and are finished with the sweetest little bee decorations. A fun and playful dessert perfect for spring parties, afternoon tea, or whenever you want to make something extra special ✨

Ingredients:

Lemon Curd Dome Filling

• 160g caster sugar

• 6 large egg yolks

• 160ml lemon juice

• 3 tsp gelatine

• 3 tbsp cold water

• 160g cold unsalted butter, cubed

Cookie Base

• 100g unsalted butter, softened

• 70g icing sugar

• Pinch of salt

• 1 tsp vanilla paste

• 1 egg yolk

• 20g almond flour

• 180g all-purpose flour

Instructions:

Make the Lemon Curd Domes

1. Mix the gelatine with the cold water and leave to bloom for 5 minutes.

2. In a saucepan, whisk together the sugar, egg yolks, and lemon juice.

3. Cook over low-medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens.

4. Remove from the heat and stir in the bloomed gelatine until melted.

5. Add the cold butter gradually and blend until smooth and glossy.

6. Pour into silicone dome moulds (8cm) and freeze until completely firm. 3 hours at least.

Make the Cookie Base

1. Cream together the butter, icing sugar, salt, and vanilla until smooth and creamy.

2. Mix in the egg yolk until combined.

3. Add the almond flour and flour, then mix until a soft dough forms.

4. Wrap the dough and chill for 20–30 minutes.

Bake the Cookies

1. Roll the dough out between parchment paper to about 4–5mm thick.

2. Cut out rounds slightly larger than your lemon domes.

3. Place onto a lined baking tray and chill again for 10 minutes.

4. Bake at 170°C fan (340°F) for 12–15 minutes or until lightly golden around the edges.

5. Allow to cool completely.

Assemble

1. Remove the frozen lemon curd domes from the moulds.

2. Place one dome onto each cookie base.

3. Leave in the fridge for 20–30 minutes before serving so the lemon curd softens into a silky creamy texture.

Decorate the Bees 🐝

1. Melt white candy melts and pipe small bee wings onto parchment paper. Chill until firm.

2. Attach the wings onto each lemon curd dome.

3. Use melted black candy melts to pipe bee stripes and little eyes.

4. Use pieces of spaghetti for the antenna dipped in black candy melts.

5. Finish with tiny pink cheeks for the cutest touch.

Store chilled until ready to serve 🍋✨