Easter Cakes

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 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

Recipe

• 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.