Hilarious bunny bum cake as seen on www.bettycrocker.com under “Bunny Butt Cake”
I think most of you have been seeing a lot of Easter related baked goods recently like colourful cakes topped with pastel coloured Easter eggs, chick cupcakes and my recent favorite – a cake shaped like a rabbit bottom. So funny!
Well, here’s my little contribution to the world of Easter baked goodies this year. I know many of you have already tried or thought about making speckled Easter eggs. How do you do it? Here’s a technique that I use. I posted a short video on my Instagram page and there were quite a few readers who commented that the technique they had previously used was really messy. Oh my!
Below is a short video tutorial showing you how I add speckles to my Easter Egg Macarons. It’s a relatively clean method since I even had my camera lens up close and my equipment was still safe :). And if you need a template for the egg, just scroll down to the bottom to find the free template for download.
Hope you enjoy it!
XoXo,
Mimi
♥ORIGINAL Best French Macaron Tutorial can be found here ♥
♥ EGG BATTER INGREDIENTS:
Ingredients are DOUBLED my regular recipe because the eggs are bigger.
Makes 12 Easter Egg Macarons
– 130 grams almond flour
– 130 grams icing sugar
– 90 grams castor sugar
– 100 grams aged egg whites
– 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
– Yellow Gel Colour (1 drop of Lemon Yellow, 1 drop of Gold from Americolor)
Follow the instructions on my Best French Macaron Recipe here
♥ EXTRA SUPPLIES needed for adding the speckles:
– Small flat pastry brush
– Small
– Clean cutting board for work surface
– Gel Colour & few drops of water for the speckles
WATCH THE FULL VIDEO TUTORIAL:
PRESS TO DOWNLOAD TEMPLATE:
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Melissa says
Hi Mimi,
I’ve been using your recipe quite a few times now and my macarons always turn out looking perfect with the nice feet, shape, and no hollow. However, I can never get the outer shell to be crispy like the shell of an egg. They always turn out too chewy and would soften a bit after 24hr maturation. Any tips or ideas on what I am doing wrong?
Thanks,
Melissa
Mimi says
Hi Melissa,
Really happy to hear that! HI-FIVE! So happy for you. try drying it for longer before resting. that will create a thicker skin 🙂
XOXO,
Mimi
TIFFANY G says
I love ! These speckles are very clean and very much resemble Easter eggs as oppose to the colorful ones! ♡ I’m looking forward to baking these
Mimi says
Hi Tiffany,
Thank you so much for your message! I’m so happy to hear that. Please let me know how it goes!
XOXO,
Mimi