EASTER SPECIAL - EASTER EGGS !!

EASY TO MAKE EASTER EGGS


Ingredients :


For the Easter Egg  :
Sponge / Slice Cake : 300gm
Chocolate : 150 gm (melted)
Jam : 25 gm
Nuts : 25 gm
Raisins : 25 gm
Meusil : 100 gm


For Coating and Decoration :
Icing Sugar : 300 gm
Hot Water : 2-3 tbsp
Colour : few drops
Gems shaped chocolates for decoration


Method :


Crumble the sponge cake.
Add in the rest of the ingredients and work it so that it binds together.
Portion it into 60gm each, and press it into oval shapes with your hands.
Refrigerator for 30 minutes.
For the Coating, add hot water to the icing sugar along with the edible colour.
Cook it on a double boiler for about two minutes.
Place the eggs on a wire mesh and spoon out the hot icing onto the eggs.
Let the excess icing drip off.
Decorate with gems.
Carefully lift the eggs and place them in a decorative basket.


Source : Taste Buds, TOI