Golden Eggs
Delightfully sweet and tender egg-shaped cakes that taste like donuts but are actually baked. These golden treats are coated in cinnamon sugar and have a rich, buttery texture with hints of nutmeg and vanilla.
Ingredients
- •1 spray Nonstick baking spray
- •3 cups all-purpose flour
- •1 tablespoon baking powder
- •1 teaspoon salt
- •1 teaspoon nutmeg
- •½ pound unsalted butter
- •2 cups sugar
- •5 large eggs
- •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- •1¼ cups nonfat buttermilk
- •8 tablespoons unsalted butter
- •1 cup cinnamon sugar mixture
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat the oven to 325°F. Spray your molds with nonstick spray (I, obviously, use egg-shaped molds. You can use a muffin pan or any other small baking molds.)
5 min
- 2.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Set aside.
3 min
- 3.
In an electric mixer fitted with either the paddle or the whisk attachment, whip the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
5 min
- 4.
This can take up to 10 minutes, depending on the temperature of your butter.
10 min
- 5.
As you're whipping away, stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl to make sure all the butter is incorporated into the sugar.
2 min
- 6.
You can't make magic without a lot of patience. So keep whipping and keep scraping.
3 min
- 7.
Add the eggs one at a time, whipping after each one until the egg is fully incorporated into the batter.
5 min
- 8.
Scrape down the bowl every now and again as well.
1 min
- 9.
Add the vanilla.
1 min
- 10.
Once all the eggs are incorporated, alternate adding the flour mixture and the buttermilk, mixing slowly.
5 min
- 11.
After they are well incorporated but not overbeaten, take a rubber spatula and fold the batter a few times to make sure everything is evenly distributed and the batter is smooth.
2 min
- 12.
Distribute the batter into your molds, filling each cavity a little less than halfway.
5 min
- 13.
Bake for about 15 minutes. Baking time varies depending on the size of your mold, so check for a very light golden brown color and make sure the cake springs back when you touch it.
15 min
- 14.
Unmold your little cakes and while they are still warm, dunk them quickly in the melted butter, then dredge them in the cinnamon and sugar.
10 min
- 15.
One warning: people are going to call you a stinking liar. They will not believe that these precious morsels aren't fried like a donut. But that's the cost of making magic.
1 min