Recipe Details

Summary

Name: Designer Egg Gift Case

Category: Easter

This Easter egg is made of gum paste. It is easier to make. And it may be

filled with home-made sweets, chocolates and candies.

You can also use it as a container for a small gift, such as a folded and

wrapped tie, or a brooch.

What you need:

An egg mold (preferably a metal one)

Gum paste

A child-safe scalpel or knife

Color the gum paste as required. Then roll it out and smooth it into a wellpolished

smooth Easter egg mold.

Work the paste into the mold slowly. Use the knife or scalpel to trim the

uneven edge level.

Make two and leave to dry overnight.

Join the two halves with small blobs of royal icing and allow to set. Trim the

join carefully.

Alternatively a long fine braid of the paste may be made and used to cover

the join.

Mold the soft braid around the egg, sticking it in place with an occasional blob

of icing. Make a neat join at the bottom of the egg.

The egg may be glazed with confectioners varnish to give it a hard shiny

finish.