Easter dessert is made from cakes and decorated. American macaroon cakes baked from coconut flakes mixed with egg proteins, with the addition of lemon Kurd, which in combination with with the rest of the ingredients, fill the cakes with wonderful citrus-coconut flavor. Macaroons are formed manually in the form of eggs and thanks to coconut sticking out in all directions perfect for easter chickens. After baking, bye the cakes will still be warm, decorate them with chocolate granules and marmalade dragees so that the chickens have eyes and клювики. Time: 55 мин. Difficulty: Easy Quantity: 30 cakes. Measured containers are used in recipes. volume: 1 cup (st.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cups (st.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (Art.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 400 gr. sweet coconut flakes
- 1/4 Art. finished lemon kurd
- Proteins of 4 large eggs of category CO
- A pinch of fine salt
- 15 small orange and / or yellow marmalade dragees
- 60 chocolate mini granules (approximately 2 tbsp. L.)
Recipes with similar ingredients: coconut, chocolate chips (granules), eggs
Recipe preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 160 ° C. Make two baking sheets parchment paper.
- In a medium-sized bowl, mix the coconut with a spatula, lemon kurd, egg whites and salt. Dial the full 1 tbsp. l mixtures and roll in the shape of an egg. Put the wide side down on prepared pan. Repeat the same with the rest coconut mix. Bake until the chips on the bottom begin to darken, about 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cut the marmalade dragees in half along. Remove the macaroons from the oven and cool a little so that they can was to hold in hands, but they were still warm, about 5 minutes.
- Take one half of the dragee and hold the end to make pointy beak. Holding the tip with the shiny side up, press rounded end in macaroon. Press on top of either side of beak 2 chocolate mini-granules, point inward to get eyes.
- Repeat with the rest of the macaroons and serve.