Easter Cakes

8 ingredients
8 steps

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. 1
    rub butter and flour together, add sugar and aniseed, stir in beaten eggs,.
  2. 2
    add the custard powder and the coconut.
  3. 3
    knead and divide into 6.
  4. 4
    form into 6 long ropes and.
  5. 5
    place each on a tray, forming a circle, like a ring, and place a boiled egg at each end, where the dough meets.
  6. 6
    if you have kids, they can each decorate the eggs or paint them with food colouring.
  7. 7
    cut 2 strips of the pastry, and place on the egg like an X.
  8. 8
    bake in the oven (200c) for 45 minutes.

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