Children's Fun Party Cake (Phoney Fried Eggs)
Recipe: #4675
February 19, 2012
Categories: Desserts, Cakes, Apricot, Baby Shower, Birthday, Brunch, Christmas, Easter, Fathers Day, Game/Sports Day, July 4th Labor Day, Mothers Day, Picnic, Potluck, Oven Bake, Flour, more
"This is a real winner that my Mom used to make. You should see the childrens faces when they see a platter of fried eggs come to the table! The platter really looks like fried eggs and they are so good!"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (168.2 g)
- Calories 302.5
- Total Fat - 11.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 7 g
- Cholesterol - 41.1 mg
- Sodium - 85.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 49.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.1 g
- Sugars - 31.4 g
- Protein - 2.8 g
- Calcium - 31.6 mg
- Iron - 0.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 17.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Line a Jelly Roll pan with wax paper and lightly oil
Step 2
Beat the egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar, water and vanilla until very thick
Step 3
Slowly and lightly fold in the cup of flour until just blended
Step 4
In another bowl beat the egg whites, cream of tartar and salt until frothy, gradually add 1/2 cup sugar, continue beating until stiff peaks form
Step 5
Fold the whites into the egg yolk mixture, combine gently
Step 6
Turn the cake batter onto the prepared pan, spreading it evenly right out to the edges
Step 7
Bake in 350f for 15-20 minutes or until the cake springs back when you touch it
Step 8
Immediately loosen the edges and turn the cake onto a clean tea towel, remove the paper very carefully and cool the cake
Step 9
Whip the cream until stiff, adding 1 1/2 teaspoon sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Step 10
When the cake is cool cut out irreguler shapes about the size and shape of fried eggs
Step 11
Arrange the cake pieces on a large platter, spread apricot preserve on each cake piece, cover with whipped cream and top each piece with a half apricot. They should now look like a platter of fried eggs
Tips
No special items needed.