When it’s your turn to make dessert for Easter dinner, there are plenty of Easter-themed treats and candies that are sure to please the crowds. But why settle for ordinary when you could strive for the eggs-traordinary? In a dozen easy steps, you can make mini, perfectly egg-shaped cakes by substituting eggshells for cupcake liners. Here’s how:
Prep Time: 50 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Total Time: 1 Hour and 10 Minutes
Servings: 6 individual cakes
Ingredients:
6 eggs, 3 eggs will be used for batter and all shells will be used
1 box of Funfetti Cake Mix
1 cup water for batter
1/3 cup oil for cake batter, 1/2 cup oil for rinsing eggshells
4 cups salt water
Supplies:
6 sheets of aluminum Foil
1 gallon-sized Ziploc bag
1 pair of scissors
1 muffin tin
1. Polk a hole in the top of each egg using a thumb tack. The hole should be big enough for the whites and yolks to be drained.
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2. Drain the egg whites and egg yolks from each egg. Be sure to set aside the number of eggs you need for your batter.
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3. Rinse the eggshells with tap water and let them soak in salt water for 30 minutes.
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4. While the eggshells are soaking, preheat your oven and make your cake batter.
5. Line each compartment of a muffin tin with aluminum foil.
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6. Rinse the eggshells with tap water once more then rinse with oil so that the cake doesn’t stick.
7. Pour batter into Ziploc bag and cut off a very small piece of one corner for the best make-shift piping bag around.
8. Once the eggshells are in the pan, pipe cake batter into each one. Only fill each shell 3/4 of the way full.
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9. Bake for roughly 20 minutes or until the toothpick test proves that the center is fully cooked. Don’t be alarmed if the batter overflows!
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10. Once the cakes have cooled, remove excess cake with a knife.
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11. Crack open, then, voila!
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12. Leave the cakes as they are or let your friends and family decorate them with frosting and sprinkles.
Want to witness this process in real-time? Watch this Buzzfeed video.
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