After taking a 2-month break due to bad weather, Mandy and I are back to baking. This time, we want to make something fun using eggshells. Yes, we used eggshells to bake Easter cakes instead of pans! These mini rainbow cakes are shaped like eggs and are perfect for the upcoming Easter. We added some colors to the cake batter to make them more festive.
The eggshell Easter cakes are quick to prepare and bake because we used a cake mix. You can use any cake recipe to bake them. Keep in mind that the base color of the batter will determine the color of your eggshell cake. Since our cake mix was yellow, the cakes have a yellow base color. If you prefer to bake with chocolate cake, then skip the food coloring.
Prepare The Eggshells
The most time-consuming part was preparing the eggshells, and you can do this in advance (a day ahead). Don’t discard the egg whites and yolks from the raw eggs. If you won’t be using them soon, you can freeze them in your freezer. An easy way to do this is to put them in an ice cube tray. Once frozen, transfer them to a freezer container and label them. Like any frozen food, it’s best to thaw eggs in the refrigerator and use them as soon as they are thawed. Only use thawed eggs in dishes that will be thoroughly cooked.
Prepare The Batter & Bake
Prepare the cake batter according to the instructions on the box. Next, divide the batter into four portions and add food coloring to each as desired—I chose pink, green, and blue, leaving one portion plain yellow. Transfer the colored batter into individual piping bags and carefully fill the eggshells up to two-thirds full. To keep the eggshells upright, place them in a muffin pan. Bake the filled eggshells in a preheated oven at 150°C for 30 minutes or according to the baking time specified on the cake mix instructions.
Happy baking and Happy Easter!!! Enjoy!!!
COLORFUL EASTER EGGSHELL CAKE RECIPE
This easter eggshell cake is a quick baking cake since we were using a cake mix, you can basically use any cake recipes to bake. Please bear in mind that the base color of the batter will determine the color hue of your eggshell cake. Our cake mix was yellow, so the cakes have a yellow saturated color. If you like to bake with chocolate cake, then omit the food coloring.
Enjoy baking them!
Ingredients
- 12 Eggshells
- Vanilla Cake Mix – Used half of the box
Instructions
- Make a hole in the top of the raw eggs and remove all contents into a bowl. (Picture 1)
- Clean the eggshells and boil them in salt water for 5 minutes and dry it. (Picture 1)
- Prepare the cake batter according to the directions on the box. (Picture 3)
- Divide the batter into 4 portions and color them as desired. (I made pink, green and blue. One remains plain as yellow). (Picture 4)
- Pour the colored batter into individual piping bags and fill the eggshells to 2/3 full. (Picture 5)
- Use a muffin pan to keep the eggshells upright. (Picture 6)
- Bake in a preheated oven at 150C for 30 minutes or as per instruction from the cake mix. (Picture 7)
Instruction with Image
- Picture 1
a. Lightly tap the tip of the eggs with a spoon or drill a small hole with a wine opener. Gently break open a small hole and empty out the egg white and egg yolk (keep it for other cooking or baking).
b. Trim the edges with scissors.
c. Clean the eggshells and boil them in salt water for 5 minutes and dry it.
d. I made holes at the rounder side of the egg tip so that the cakes are able to stand better with bigger base.
Place the emptied eggshell in the hole of the muffin pan. If the holes are too big, stuff a little crumbled aluminum foil to help them stand firmly in an upright position.
- Picture 2
Gather the ingredients calls in the cake mix. Add food colorings of your choice.
- Picture 3
Prepare the cake batter according to the directions on the box.
- Picture 4
Depends on how many colors you would like to have on your eggshell cake, divide your cake into a few portions. I used 3 colors, pink, green and blue, so I divide the batter into 4 portion, 1 portion being the original yellow color of the batter.
If you use a white cake mix, the base color will be white, so you might want to use yellow food coloring to obtain the yellow layer.
- Picture 5
Pour the colored batter into a piping bag. Snip a small hole at the tip.
- Picture 6
Fill the eggshells with the colored batters to 2/3 full.
In order not to disturb the flat even layers pattern of the cake, pipe batter into the eggshell from the wall to the center in a circular motion.
- Picture 7
a. Bake in a preheated oven at 150C for 30 minutes or as per instruction from the cake mix.
b. Trim off the top of the egg where the cake overflew after baking.
c. Peel off the eggshell while the cake is still warm to prevent condensation from inside.
d. Turn the cake upside down with the flat tip at the bottom, the Colorful Easter Eggshell Cakes are ready to be served.
Notes
- If your muffin pan hole is too big or too shallow to hold an egg, stuff with a crumpled aluminum foil to help to hold the egg upright.
- In order not to disturb the flat even layers pattern of the cake, pipe batter into the eggshell from the wall to the center in a circular motion.
- You may tilt the eggshell to make other creative patterns. The other pattern I made is to squeeze 4 batters into the egg simultaneously.
Teena
Tuesday 8th of March 2016
Hey Joanne , Cant tell you happy I am today to have stumbled upon this recipe, I have plans to do this this easter. Thanks a lot for this wonderful post.
Craft Passion
Wednesday 9th of March 2016
Thank you, Teena. Wish you enjoy your days in preparing for The Easter.
anna
Wednesday 19th of November 2014
looking beautiful so lovely. i try it.