Tuesday, 7 February 2012

The Cadburys Cream Egg challenge!

As soon as I saw that it was possible, I wanted to create a cupcake that had a whole cream egg in it!  ...  however, it is not as straight forward as you might think!
From all my research people say that you can do it and it is better if the egg is frozen first.  I was so excited and I had frozen my cream eggs ready...  But when I had finished my baking the cream egg was not a nice egg shape in the middle of the cake...it was a block of burnt (but still tasty!) chocolate and cream egg mix at the bottom of my cupcake!  Argh!


Thanks to Anna's comment below after blogging about my burnt chocolate cupcakes I have tried again and this time I covered the frozen cream eggs in plain flour and put them in the oven with all fingers and toes crossed!  15 minutes later I took them out and waited for them to cool.  I was so thrilled when I cut into the first one and there was a whole cream egg in the middle!  whoop whoop!
I did it with mini cream eggs, but now I know I can do it I want to do it with the normal sized ones...YUM!

So there you go - Just one simple technique and it is possible!

Now what sweets should I try next???......

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4 comments:

  1. Mrs Dee7 February 2012 at 14:53

    I've seen a similar recipe for cupcakes with some sort of chocolate in the middle (can't remember which one now, sorry!) Fill the cases with batter as normal, bake for around 5 minutes, then plunge the egg in the middle while it's still soft, and bake for another 6-7 mins or until done. You may need to play around with the timings, but that technique should work. :)

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  2. Carrie-Anne7 February 2012 at 16:22

    That was my next plan of action! Thank you, I will let you know how it goes :)

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  3. Anna12 February 2012 at 09:49

    http://www.cccakery.com/2011/04/cadbury-creme-egg-surprise-cupcake.html

    This website suggests rolling them in flour first :)

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  4. Carrie-Anne12 February 2012 at 16:49

    Ah yes! "Toss the creme eggs in some flour until they're lightly covered, then set each one right on top of the batter, careful not to press down too much. Spoon the rest of the batter over top of the eggs."
    I have some baking to do! I will be back with the results! :) Thanks Anna

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