Baking

Fried Egg Macarons

April 6, 2012

Fried egg macarons

It’s been a while since I last made macarons but with Easter approaching I thought it would be fitting to make some egg macarons. I thought about making some in the style of chocolate Easter eggs but I have wanted to try making two colour macarons for ages and so decided on fried eggs instead. I still kept the size similar to normal macarons so they look like quite small eggs, the perfect size for a children’s tea party.

Fried egg macaron tea party

Frying the egg macarons

I followed the same recipe that I’ve used in previous macaron posts such as this one, although I omitted the spices and the cocoa powder. I then filled them with some chocolate buttercream, making the macaron look a bit like an inside out Cadbury’s creme egg.

Fried egg macaron filling

I always use a template underneath the baking paper when I’m piping macarons. Previously I’ve traced round a shape several times but this time I decided to try desigin them in Inkscape. I am only just beginning to learn it and my designs are a bit scrappy but you don’t need them to look perfect for macarons. I’ve made the template available to download in case any of you would like to make some fried egg macarons. I’ve also included a template for the standard round macarons if you would rather make the regular shape. You can download both using the links below.

Fried Egg Macarons Template

Round Macarons Template

I piped the white first then the yellow on top. You have to pipe the yolk part smaller than you want it as it will spread afterwards. I was worried the colours might start to mix together but fortunately that didn’t happen.

Piped fried eggs

I am sending these over to Deeba and Jamie, the lovely ladies at Mactweets, for their Mac Attack #29 : Colour My World Macarons. The challenge this month is to make macarons with two colours in the shell or a different colour top and bottom. I love this challenge and I may have a few other macarons that fit the theme coming soon.

 

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19 Comments

  • Reply Mum April 6, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    Love the photos. I bet the boys enjoyed having real food to eat from the play kitchen

  • Reply thelittleloaf April 7, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    These are genius…LOVE! Definitely going to give these a go 🙂

    • Reply Laura April 9, 2012 at 9:30 pm

      Thanks , I’d love to see your version.

  • Reply Michèle April 8, 2012 at 6:58 am

    Very nice idea, I love it !

    • Reply Laura April 9, 2012 at 9:30 pm

      Thanks Michèle.

  • Reply Jamie April 9, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    Perfect!! Just perfect! I love these macs and what a genius way to approach our theme! They are so fun and I’ll be delicious! So happy to have you baking with us at Mactweets!!

    • Reply Laura April 9, 2012 at 9:32 pm

      Thanks Jamie, I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone else creates, I love the theme this month.

  • Reply Inder April 9, 2012 at 7:01 pm

    These are just amazing! So perfect and professional looking! And I love the shots of fried eggs cooking in the toy kitchen – can I come and play? That just looks too fun.

    • Reply Laura April 9, 2012 at 9:34 pm

      He he, of course you can Inder, and bring Joe too 🙂

  • Reply Sabine @ berrylovely April 12, 2012 at 9:31 am

    What a great idea! Love them! Also, the idea of photographing them in a toy kitchen is really cool.

    • Reply Laura April 12, 2012 at 10:10 pm

      Thanks Sabine. I really enjoyed setting up these photos.

  • Reply HI Cookery April 14, 2012 at 4:14 am

    These fried egg macarons are sooooooo adorable!

  • Reply Sue {munchkin munchies} April 22, 2012 at 10:40 pm

    These are SO CUTE! I love them!
    Where did you get the little blue oven? 🙂

  • Reply RollerScrapper April 23, 2012 at 4:59 pm

    Adorable! I love the staging with the little oven and the toast and the eggs…all of it 🙂

  • Reply Gemma April 24, 2012 at 11:31 am

    What a great idea! Love the shapes too 🙂

  • Reply sascha April 25, 2012 at 2:17 am

    Makes me wish I could bake!

  • Reply Kate @ FoodBabbles April 25, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    OH MY GOODNESS!! Your macarons are so unbearable cute! How very creative. Love what you’ve done for this challenge.

  • Reply Sarah, Maison Cupcake April 26, 2012 at 11:57 am

    I totally LOVE these! Genius!

  • Reply Mac-oeuf-a-rons May 5, 2012 at 8:36 pm

    Mac-oeuf-a-rons

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