Re: Baking using duck eggs...suggestions please

twinkles**stars · ‎15-09-2013

Master 3 has arrived home from the farm and handed over his little collection (2 dozen!) of duck eggs he helped to collect.

Now I have never used duck eggs before, so need some help 🙂

just_me_karen · ‎15-09-2013

My neighbour uses them to bake cakes...she reckons they make the best cakes ever.

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freddie*rooster · ‎15-09-2013

They make the best sponge cakes......

mmmm red jam and cream with a dusting of icing sugar

twinkles**stars · ‎15-09-2013

Master 3 loves cake, but must be plain, no jam or cream! I mean what kid doesn't like jam and cream lol

debra9275 · ‎15-09-2013

we used to have ducks years ago, and as everyone here is saying, the duck eggs do make great cakes. IMO they are a bit too strong tasting to use as poached, boiled eggs etc. but fantastic to use for baking

***super_nova*** · ‎15-09-2013

Just use them instead of chook eggs, accounting for their size. 🙂

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freddie*rooster · ‎15-09-2013

They have a higher fat content, and the cakes rise higher than with chooken eggs.

cherry*135 · ‎15-09-2013

My Mum and Aunties always used them for baking sponge cakes. Does your grandson like jelly? Sponge with a jelly layer in the middle is nice (bit fiddly).

As Debra said the duck eggs do have a strong taste. I didn't like them much when I was a kid, not even in the sponges.

*ibis · ‎15-09-2013

be careful your eggs dont quack

cherry*135 · ‎15-09-2013

@*ibis wrote:
be careful your eggs dont quack

What does an ibis egg look like?