Baking with Duck Eggs?!

[FunnyBunnies12]

My brownies turned out alright when I 1st did it, but I didn't scramble the eggs up 1st, so I will try that next time, but when I've used duck eggs for cakes, pancake and waffles, WOW they all rose so high and so moist and fluffy!!

 

[jspasl20]

Honestly, i have baked very few items with duck eggs. However, i can personally tell you they are AMAZING for pasta!!

 

[MysticalMom]

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Hmmmm.... I just might have to learn to make my own pasta. I've never done it.

 

[goosedragon]

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Yep check the weight of your duck eggs, odds are that they weight more than the 2 ounce standard for large chicken eggs this will throw off a lot of recipies and baking is much more exacting than cooking. First of all check the taste of your duck eggs. They have been known to have fishy or muddy flavors which can come from their diet. If you want them to taste like chicken they need to be fed like chickens. The off taste is usually found in ducks that live in/on a pond eating fish/frogs and dabbling in off taste mud. When I am baking things that call for 2 whole eggs I weigh the egg mixture and use 3 3/4 ounces of eggs and 1/4 ounce of water so they will me more like chicken eggs in the recipie (duck eggs have thicker whites and yokes and are low on water) If the recipie tells you to seperate whites from yokes I use chicken eggs because duck eggs don't seperate as well. On the other hand if you are beating the whites like for a 13 egg white angel food cake you will get very high cakes but they will still seem heavy not light like chicken angel food cake. If you search the Internet you will find recipies written for duck eggs.

 

[katlovesaandw]

Thanks for all the advice!
It was the same brownie mix I always use but I think that the extra moisture from the duck eggs AND me whisking them so hard to get it mixed is what did it.
Our ducks live with and eat what our chickens eat, so no worries there.
It was my 1st time to crack open a duck egg AND my 1st time baking with one, so I know it HAS to get better!LOL
I will fiddle with some recipes and see which one works best when using my eggs.
Right now, I am saving them to send south to my Mom's on Friday. She wants to eat a few and since we only get 1 per day right now....
So, will try again after the weekend when I have some eggs to spare.
Thanks again!

 

[chrissyr]

I use duck eggs for baking when I have them your cake are lighter and raise high just with them, i have a pumpkin bread recipe that i will not make without duck eggs, oooh I wish my duck where laying

My Portuguese Sweet Bread Always tastes better with duck eggs. The famous restaurants in Europe ONLY bake with duck eggs. Breads - especially sweet breads always are SO much better! Only use duck eggs for my cinnamon rolls -  OH YEAH! Makes the breads lighter and richer tasting. - I never use a box mix so don't know if  that makes a difference.  ( When I retired,  I said if I could not make it  that is the only time I would buy it... hence - no boxed mixes) I am basically a very cheap person

Duck eggs made my pound cakes famous. Everyone asks me to make them for every occasion. Don't give up. Brownies are already so moist and fudgey anyway, so maybe thats the problem.


Just a tip: I use 1 duck egg in place of 2 chicken eggs.

I know this is an old thread, but those recipes sound amazing if you all can post them

 

[thedishwashers]

I have never eaten a duck egg. Is it good?

 

[HeritageGoose13]

I have never eaten a duck egg. Is it good?

I prefer duck eggs.

Some people can't tell the difference, others love one and can't stand the other. The only thing to do is try some.