martedì 8 luglio 2014

How To Make Adorable Easter Egg Cakes

The Easter bunny may not exist (oops, was that news?) but this magic is very real.

Just look at these unreasonably cute Easter egg cakes.

Tiny cakes! Baked in egg shells! As if they were born that way! Ack, so cute.

Okay, so, it's your lucky day, because we're about to show you how to make them in three equally darling varieties: brownie, yellow cake, and pancake (perfect for dunking in syrup at Easter brunch).

Emily Fleischaker

Here’s how they came into the world:

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

12 brown eggs

a thumbtack or pin

a wooden spoon (or something to help coax the egg out of the shell)

two containers, one small one large, to hold the egg yolks and whites

a large container to hold all the empty egg shells

one tablespoon salt

vegetable oil

a muffin tin

aluminum foil

PREPARATION

1. Place the egg on a paper towel. With the tack, puncture the top of the egg and swirl the tack around to loosen the hole. Carefully chip bits of the egg shell away with the tack and your fingers until a small hole forms. The smaller the hole the better — aim for 1/4″ to 1/2″ in — but you want to make sure that the yolk is able to come out and you can fill the shell with the batter.

2. Before you turn the punctured eggs upside down to empty out their yolks and whites into a container, take note of the number of eggs needed for your batter recipe (cake, brownie, or pancake). You'll want to drain that many eggs into a separate container so you can use them for the batter.

3. To drain the eggs, puncture the yolk so that it easily comes out of the shell, then use the back of a wooden spoon to coax the liquid out, like you might have to with a ketchup bottle. If there are any rough edges on the egg shells, get rid of them carefully with your fingers.

3. Rinse the eggs shells three times each until water runs clear out of them. Prepare a cold salt water bath for the shells and completely submerge. Leave for 30 minutes and then rinse the shells again with cold water.

4. Coat the inside of the shell with oil. Wipe off any oil that gets on the outside of the shell.

5. Use aluminum foil to create nests inside the muffin tin. Place the egg shells upright in the muffin tin and make sure they are secure.