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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 65 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Instead of buying easter eggs, I normally bake this and give it to my family and friends' children it is a traditional easter cake, baked here in Gibraltar. Ingredients:
3 lbs self raising flour |
14 ounces sugar |
14 ounces butter |
8 eggs |
6 hard-boiled eggs |
2 tablespoons custard powder |
8 ounces coconut |
anise seed |
Directions:
1. rub butter and flour together, add sugar and aniseed, stir in beaten eggs,.
2. add the custard powder and the coconut.
3. knead and divide into 6.
4. form into 6 long ropes and.
5. place each on a tray, forming a circle, like a ring, and place a boiled egg at each end, where the dough meets. if you have kids, they can each decorate the eggs or paint them with food colouring.
6. cut 2 strips of the pastry, and place on the egg like an X.
7. bake in the oven (200c) for 45 minutes.
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