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How to Add Speckles to Easter Egg Macarons with Template

 

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Hilarious bunny bum cake as seen on www.bettycrocker.com under "Bunny Butt Cake"

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

 

P2140678♥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 

Screen shot 2016-03-19 at 11.24.40 AM♥ 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:

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PRESS TO DOWNLOAD TEMPLATE:

egg template

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Comments

  1. Beautiful french Macaroons,
    Can’t wait to try to make them , !
    Excited to try your recipe …this will be my first try
    Thank You

    Reply

  2. 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

    Reply

    • 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

      Reply

  3. 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

    Reply

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