Frances Quinn's fried egg cakes recipe
These egg-cellent bite-sized treats are made with my essential lemon cake mix. To make them extra citrussy, the bright yolk at the centre of each egg is formed with a blob of delicious orange curd. Serve up the cakes in real egg cartons for a great gift.
You will need:
- 24-hole mini-muffin tin
- 24 white or yellow paper mini-muffin cases
- Wooden latte stirrer
- Egg boxes, to serve, optional
Ingredients
- 50 g butter
- 50 g caster sugar
- 1 lemon, finely grated zest only
- 1 egg (at room temperature)
- 50 g self-raising flour
- 1 tbsp ground almonds
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1.8 oz butter
- 1.8 oz caster sugar
- 1 lemon, finely grated zest only
- 1 egg (at room temperature)
- 1.8 oz self-raising flour
- 1 tbsp ground almonds
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1.8 oz butter
- 1.8 oz caster sugar
- 1 lemon, finely grated zest only
- 1 egg (at room temperature)
- 1.8 oz self-raising flour
- 1 tbsp ground almonds
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 50 g icing sugar
- 0.5 tbsp lemon juice
- 25 g orange curd
- 1.8 oz icing sugar
- 0.5 tbsp lemon juice
- 0.9 oz orange curd
- 1.8 oz icing sugar
- 0.5 tbsp lemon juice
- 0.9 oz orange curd
Details
- Cuisine: British
- Recipe Type: Cake
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 25 mins
- Cooking Time: 15 mins
- Serves: 24
Step-by-step
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Line the mini-muffin tin with the muffin cases.
- Using a hand-held electric whisk (it’s tricky to beat this small quantity in a free-standing mixer), beat the butter and sugar together for 5–10 minutes or until very light, pale and creamy. Add the lemon zest and beat it in.
- Break the egg into a mug or jug and beat with a fork. Gradually add the egg to the creamed butter and sugar mixture, beating well after each addition. If the mixture looks like it’s curdling, beat in a spoonful of the flour. Sift the flour and almonds into the bowl and fold them in until just combined. Gently stir in the lemon juice. Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases, dividing it equally.
- Bake for 10–12 minutes or until the cakes are risen and lightly golden brown, and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave the cakes to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring them, still in their paper cases, to a wire rack to cool completely.
- To make a lemon water icing for the fried eggs, sift the icing sugar into a bowl and stir in a little lemon juice, a few drops at a time, until you have a smooth, thick paste.
- Carefully spoon a little of the icing on to the top of each cake creating an uneven shape that suggests the white of a fried egg. Use the latte stirrer to help you spread the icing into the right shape. Then, with the stirrer, apply a blob of orange curd to the centre of each egg. Leave to set.
- Before serving, carefully place your cakes inside egg boxes, if using.
Recipe from Quinntessential Baking by Frances Quinn (Bloomsbury £25.00). Photography © Georgia Glynn Smith
You might also like:
Luis Troyano's very berry loaf recipe
Comments
Be the first to comment
Do you want to comment on this article? You need to be signed in for this feature