How To Make Kawaii Mini Buns Using Egg Moulds

Some of my earlier posts featured some moulded little buns in the shape of animals or vehicles. These are an easy way to provide cute, kid-sized portions of mini buns for bentos, especially if Mum is not in the mood nor skillful enough to bake her own little buns, which is me pretty much 100% of the time d:P I learnt this from a Bento Daddy on a bento Facebook group. Thank you Jedi Master Peter!

You will need:

One slice of sandwich bread, as fresh as possible for the best results.

Egg mould (any shape, but not for quail eggs).

Some pasty filling for the bread eg. Nutella, peanut butter, cream cheese spread, jam, or just butter.

Start by slicing the crust off the bread slice, taking away as little of the white part as you can. Spread some filling on one side, leaving at least a 1.5cm border all around. Resist the urge to pile on the filling, or it will leak out of your final product and look yucky. I also prefer not to use dry fillings such as pork floss, because the whole thing is just... dry.

Bread with Nutella spread in the middle

Next, gather up all four corners of the bread, overlapping slightly.

With the flat side facing down, press the bread into one side of the egg mould. 

Use clean dry fingers to squeeze all the bread in. Leave nothing sticking out around the edges. If you don't press it all in, the features will not be clear.

With the tip of a thin knife or with your fingers, gently and carefully ease the bread out.

Ta-da! You can use many ingredients to mark out the features and make them more prominent. I don't do that because... I am just plain lazy d:P

Experiment! Try different fillings and moulds. I've also been successful with a certain set of vehicle sandwich cutters, which I will post another time.

I've put these in Takoyaki and Roast Meat's bentos today, together with some ham/cheese/veg rolls, and assorted fruits.

RM's bento

Takoyaki's bento

We are all very happy today because it's the last day of Term 1 and we will have a short one week break. See you the week after!