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.
Cooking Time
Preparation Time :20 Min
Cook Time : 45 Min
Total Time : 1 Hr 5 Min
Ingredients
Serves : 6
3 self raising flour
14 sugar
14 butter
8 eggs
6 hard-boiled eggs
2tablespoons custard powder
8 coconut
anise seed
Directions
rub butter and flour together, add sugar and aniseed, stir in beaten eggs,.
add the custard powder and the coconut.
knead and divide into 6.
form into 6 long ropes and.
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.
cut 2 strips of the pastry, and place on the egg like an X.
