SchnickAcres: DUCK eggs.. the secret ingredient!

Howdy all,

I have an admission.
I am no Martha in the kitchen.
I can't even say I try hard. Recipes are read like a guideline and ingredients are rarely measured; more often than not, just eyeballed.

But over Christmas I had beautiful pastry, tasty pie filling and decadent cakes... all from scratch.. and all with one secret ingredient.

DUCK EGGS.

Say WHAT???

True story. Prior to Derek adopting ducks, I had no idea that you could eat duck eggs or how tasty they are! They are bigger, thicker and creamier than chicken eggs and have made all the difference in my home baking.

We are gradually spreading the word on our EGGcellent duck eggs but last week I found myself with an abundance of duck eggs... and one pineapple left over from the holidays. I decided my family needed a pineapple upside down cake. I went to my 'go-to' baking guide, a dated, well loved "Five Roses Cookbook" circa 1967. An easy recipe that even a person as backward as I am in the kitchen can succeed at.

And so I got to beating my butter and duck eggs and I noticed right away the creamy perfection!!

I burnt my hand twice melting butter and brown sugar in the bottom of the pan because for some reason I just forgot to grab the oven mitt. ?? (wearing oven mitts was NOT in the recipe I need to add. ;) )

However I did not sustain ANY injuries while working with the pineapple. As we do not have a coring knife, my cake will not have pretty rings of pineapple... just boring slices.

Brown sugar and butter with pineapple slices ready for the cake batter and then into the oven.

Thirty five minutes later... no smoke alarm and a beautiful golden cake.

A dollop of whipped cream and we had dessert. Of course the girls picked off the pineapple pieces before devouring the rest, but at least the 'duck egg cake' portion was pleasing to their palates.