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Soft-boiled Egg Cake Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Mystic_river1 / All my dishes 1 year, 9 months ago This cake is not made with soft-boiled eggs; it's something of a gag made to resemble its namesake dish. You make two small angel food cakes, hollow them out, fill them with warm lemon curd, and cover them with whipped cream. When you cut it open the... More Prep:25m Cook:20m Servings:2	Mystic_rive
	the angel food uses the egg whites while the lemon curd takes care of the yolks

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Ingredients

For the angel-food cake:

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4 egg whites

1/2 cup confectioner's sugar

1/2 tsp. cream of tartar

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1/3 cup cake flour

pinch salt

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For the lemon curd:

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4 egg yolks

2/3 cup granulated sugar

zest and juice of 2 lemons

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter

pinch salt

For the "shell":

1/2 cup whipped cream

Directions

In a clean mixing bowl, whisk the egg whites together with the cream of tartar and vanilla extract until foamy.

Add half of the confectioners sugar to the egg whites in stages while whisking.

Continue whisking until medium peaks form.

Sift the cake flour with the rest of the confectioner's sugar and the salt.

Fold the dry ingredients into the egg whites in stages.

Pour the batter into small cake molds and bake in a 350 degree oven until a skewer comes out clean; about 15-20 minutes.

Cool completely before unmolding.

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For the lemon curd,

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whisk together the egg yolks with the sugar and salt until creamy.

Add the lemon zest and juice and cook over a double-boiler until the mixture just starts to thicken.

Whisk the butter in by tablespoons over the double-boiler, and continue whisking until the curd thickens to your liking.

Cut the centers out of two angel food cakes and stack them with their wide ends touching.

Cover the outside of the cakes, except the top, with the whipped cream, and smooth it out evenly.

Pour the warm lemon curd into the top of the cake, cover the hole with the plugs of cake you cut out of the centers, and smooth whipped cream over the top.

When you cut into this cake, if the lemon curd is still warm it will run out onto the plate like a soft-boiled egg yolk.

If the lemon curd is chilled, it will simply sit there, but the gimmick is only slightly less enjoyable.

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Comments

canzi 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Weird!!

grandmommy 1 year, 9 months ago said:
OH YUM! Angel food cake and lemon curd sounds great!

zanna 1 year, 9 months ago said:
So funny ,good one saving for a joke.thanks :)AND I love lemon curd.thanks

jeffsgirl 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Funny. When I was first married I used to make a angel food cake that you hollowed out but put chocolate whipped frosting inside then covered with more frosting.

jo_jo_ba 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Hahaha I love it!