Don’t you hate when you are baking and you open the carton of eggs and they are all cracked? I do too. April Fool’s! The sole purpose of making the Food Network Lemon Curd Recipe was for these ADORABLE Cracked Egg April Fool’s Cupcakes. I was first introduced to these cupcakes four years ago when my super cute friend made them for a get-together dinner and game night. I have been wanting to make them ever since. I mean, just look at them! I’m not really into pranks or jokes much but these are just too cute. I also feel that they are wildly appropriate for me since I spend the majority of my time in the kitchen. We also buy eggs by the dozens and dozens.
There’s a couple of days before the big day for you to pull these together if you want to make them to play a joke on your friends, family, co-workers, or just because they are so darn cute. They are a little labor intensive I will warn you, but if you have the time they are totally worth it. I will say they are a little trippy to eat because they look so realistic. Have no fear. It’s just a white cupcake, a little frosting, some lemon curd and a white chocolate eggshell. Delicious right?
Cracked Egg April Fool's Cupcakes
Don’t you hate when you are baking and you open the carton of eggs and they are all cracked? I do too. April Fool’s! These 'Cracked Egg' cupcakes taste delicious - no foolin'!
Ingredients
- 12 mini vanilla cupcakes baked in white paper liners
- 1 c. white candy melting chocolate
- 2 tsp. vegetable oil
- 1/2 c. prepared Food Network Lemon Curd Recipe
- 1/4-1/2 tsp. turmeric to color the lemon curd
- 1 c. vanilla frosting
- Plastic Easter eggs
- 1 clean egg carton optional
Instructions
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Melt the white chocolate until smooth, about 1 minute total. Line a cookie sheet with wax paper or silicone baking sheet and place in the refrigerator.
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Lightly oil a paper towel with the vegetable oil and rub the inside of each plastic egg. Using a small clean brush, generously coat the inside of an oiled plastic egg half with the melted candy. Transfer the egg, open side down, to the cookie sheet in the refrigerator. Repeat with the remaining melted candy and plastic eggs.
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After a few minutes, check and touch up any eggs where the candy is too thin or there is a hole. Repeat process several times. The thicker the coating the less likely they will break. Return to the refrigerator until set, about 5 minutes.
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Carefully remove the hardened candy from the plastic eggs (attempt to not break it as much as possible, you'll want a few whole eggs as well as pieces).
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Tint the lemon curd egg yolk yellow with turmeric. Spoon the tinted lemon curd into a small ziplock bag, press out the excess air, and seal. Spread the tops of the cupcakes with the vanilla frosting and smooth. Snip a small (1/8-inch) corner from the bag with the lemon curd.
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For the egg yolks, pipe a small mound of lemon curd on top of each of the frosted cupcakes. For the whole eggs, place the candy eggshells, open side down, on top of the lemon curd to cover.
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For the broken eggs, arrange broken pieces of shells around the yolk. Place cupcakes in a clean egg carton and prepare to fool your friends and family! All kidding aside, these cupcakes taste great!
Recipe Notes
If you don't have or want to make the lemon curd, you could also use lemon pudding as well. Using a boxed cake mix and store bought frosting will cut down on the work in this recipe.
Adapted from What's New Cupcake
These are awesome! What a fun idea!
Yvonne
Thanks so much Ashley!
Super cute. I could get behind this April Food’s joke!
Yvonne
Yay! I know, I’m not in to the April Fool’s jokes – but this is just too cute!
Aimee Berrett
Oh my gosh, these are so clever! I never would have thought of something like this, but I love them! I think I would have a hard time eating them at first, but once I would taste that yummy lemon and white chocolate – yum!
Yvonne
That is so true Aimee – at first you have to wrap your mind around the fact that it’s not a real egg, even though it looks like it!
Amber @ Dessert Now, Dinner Later!
I was trying so hard to figure out how you did these before I read your ingredients and instructions! These are way cool! Pinning!
Yvonne
If I were just looking at them, I would have no idea – they are so fun and so unique!
Jenny
Wow….these look so real! Amazing!!!
Yvonne
Thank you so much!
These are hilarious! What a fun idea (and I bet they taste great too!) Thanks for sharing! Pinned!
Yvonne
Thank you! I thought they were so fun! Thanks for the Pinterest love.
These are so awesome! My husband loves eggs. He would think this is so funny!
Yvonne
Yes! He would love them too – they are so fun and so trippy because they look so real :)
Oh my goodness, are you kidding me? This is genius! What a fun idea!
Yvonne
So fun right?!? I love them – so realistic!
Yvonne,
If I remember correctly….this is how I found you in the beginning.
I still love these eggs and YOU!
Yvonne
Jonna! YES! I actually posted about it on my personal blog and I think you found my personal blog from me commenting on your site with my blogger profile. If you can believe it, I saved that email correspondence – it was from 2010! Can you believe that? You had asked for the recipe way back then. I’m so happy you emailed me. I nearly lost my mind with excitement! I absolutely love YOU to death!!!