Egg Yolk Recipes

There are certain recipes, which demand only egg whites. At such times, we are left with a number of egg yolks and if you are like me, you may not want to waste it and simply throw it away. Do not worry, whatever be the reason, you can make use of the egg yolks and come up with some nice egg yolk recipes. Let's see some of these recipes.

Cakes Using Egg Yolks

Cakes made using egg yolks are spongy and taste much better than we could have ever thought of. We will see some of the cake recipes now.

Egg Yolk Cake Recipe # 1

Ingredients

• All-Purpose Flour 1 2/3 cups
• Baking Powder 1 ½ tsp
• Salt ½ tsp
• Egg Yolks ¾ cup
• Egg 1
• White Sugar 1 ½ cups
• Orange Zest 1 tbsp
• Strained Orange Juice 1 tbsp
• Lemon Extract ½ tsp
• Boiling Water ¾ cup

Method

• While you do the other preparations, preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Sift flour, baking powder and salt together twice.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat egg yolks and whole egg until thick and lemon colored.
• Gradually add sugar and continue to whisk the eggs.
• Now fold in orange rind, orange juice and lemon extract into the egg mixture.
• Then add the dry mixture into the egg mixture and fold in, but do not stir or beat.
• Now is the time to add boiling water and fold it, only till the liquid is blended.
• Pour the cake batter into a greased pan.
• Bake the cake at 325 degree approximately for an hour.
• When the cake is ready, turn it over in a pan on a wire rack and let it cool for an hour.
• Remove the cake from the pan and dust with confectioner's sugar or frost it with orange butter frosting and serve.

Egg Yolk Cake Recipe # 2

Ingredients

• Egg Yolks 12
• Sugar 2 cups
• Boiling Water 1 cup
• Salt ½ tsp
• Baking Powder 4 tsp
• Lemon Extract 2 tsp
• Sifted Flour 3 cups

Method

• Beat the egg yolks until they are light and fluffy.
• Gradually add sugar to the egg yolks and continue to beat.
• When you are adding sugar, also add hot water in a thin stream.
• Now add the lemon extract.
• Add sifted flour, baking powder and salt to the eggs mixture and beat thoroughly.
• Pour the batter into a cake pan and bake the cake in a preheated oven at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for about an hour.
• Remove the cake from the oven, when the toothpick inserted at the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Let is cool, before you serve it.

Cookies Using Egg Yolks

Egg Yolk Cookies Recipe # 1

Ingredients

• Butter 1 cup
• Sugar 1 ½ cups
• Egg Yolks 6
• All-Purpose Flour 2 ½ cups
• Baking Soda 1 tsp
• Cream of Tartar 1 tsp
• Vanilla Extract 1 tsp
• Lemon Extract ½ tsp
• Orange Extract ½ tsp

Method

• Beat butter and sugar together, till it is fluffy.
• In a separate bowl beat egg yolks and extract till light and fluffy.
• Now add egg yolk mixture to the butter mixture and blend well.
• In another bowl, mix flour, baking soda and cream of tartar together.
• Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix till it is well blended.
• Using the batter form balls into a size of a walnut.
• Roll the balls in sugar and place them on greased cookie sheet and flatten them a little.
• Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for 10 to 11 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let them cool, before you savor them.

Egg Yolk Cookies Recipe # 2

Ingredients

• Egg Yolks 12
• Brown Sugar 1 cup
• White Sugar 1 cup
• Shortening 1 ½ cup
• Lemon and Orange Flavoring 3 tsp
• Flour 3 ½ cups
• Salt ½ tsp
• Baking Powder 2 tsp
• Baking Soda 1 tsp

Method

• Whip sugar and shortening together till fluffy.
• Beat eggs in a separate bowl till they are light and fluffy.
• Now add the eggs to the sugar mixture.
• Then sift in all the dry ingredients together along with the flavoring and mix well.
• Roll the batter into balls and then into sugar, before you flatten them out.
• Place them on a greased cookie sheet and bake the cookies at 350 degrees for 9 to 10 minutes.
• Let them cool, before you can savor them.

There are also recipes that you can make for babies using egg yolks, that I have come across, but I am yet to try them out. So you will have to keep a watch on this space for some of those egg yolk recipes. If you want to make the above mentioned recipes, using whole eggs, you will have to divide the quantity of egg yolks by half and that is the number of eggs you will require for the recipe. I hope you do enjoy these recipes as much as I do.