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How to personalise an egg
with icing writing4 Dip the melted chocolate-coated part of
the egg into a bowl of sprinkles. Rotate the
egg around the bowl to ensure that there is
even coverage of the sprinkles. You can
always patch up any gaps by sticking on
more sprinkles with your hand.
1 Unwrap your Easter egg and set aside. In a
bowl, pour out some icing sugar.
4 Once you have coloured the icing, use a
teaspoon to scoop it into a piping bag fitted
with a small pointed nozzle. Snip off the end of
the icing bag to begin piping.2 Mix up some icing by adding a few drops of
water to the icing sugar and mixing up with a
spoon. Only add a tiny amount to start with,
then gradually add more if you need to loosen
up the mixture. You ideally don't want the
icing to be too runny, otherwise it will be tricky
to pipe and may run off the egg. You can
always add more icing sugar to thicken it up,
or more water to make it runnier.5 Practice piping your name or message onto
greaseproof paper to get used to the nozzle
and thickness of the icing. It is easier to pipe
your egg laying flat rather than upright. To hold
it into place, try gently positioning your egg
between two objects whilst you pipe. Allow
your writing to set by leaving your egg
positioned upright in a ramekin or small bowl,
before wrapping it up (if you are gifting this)
otherwise the writing icing may smudge.3 If you would like to colour the icing, use a
toothpick to add a small amount of food gel to
the icing. Stir with a teaspoon to distribute the
colour evenly. Add more colour if necessary to
make the icing darker. If you are using liquid
food colouring it may change the consistency
of the icing, making it runnier, so you may
need to mix in more icing sugar to thicken the
icing again.To watch a video of this project,
head over to http://www.bakingmad.com/
baking-tips/confectionary/how-to-
decorate-an-easter-egg-3-ways5 Place the egg in a ramekin or small bowl to
keep it upright, then leave it to set.
Once you have coloured the icing, use a
teaspoon to scoop it into a piping bag fitted
with a small pointed nozzle. Snip off the end ofPractice piping your name or message onto
greaseproof paper to get used to the nozzle
and thickness of the icing. It is easier to pipe
your egg laying flat rather than upright. To hold
it into place, try gently positioning your egg
between two objects whilst you pipe. Allow
your writing to set by leaving your egg
positioned upright in a ramekin or small bowl,
before wrapping it up (if you are gifting this)
otherwise the writing icing may smudge.http://www.bakingmad.com/www.bakingmad.com/
baking-tips/confectionary/how-to-baking-tips/confectionary/how-to-Practice piping your name or message onto
greaseproof paper to get used to the nozzle
and thickness of the icing. It is easier to pipe
your egg laying flat rather than upright. To hold
it into place, try gently positioning your egg
between two objects whilst you pipe. Allowpositioned upright in a ramekin or small bowl,
before wrapping it up (if you are gifting this)APRIL baking heaven 21
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