Crystallized icing flowers

Crystallized icing flowers

MAKE FOUR Crystallized flowers

Whole flowers and rose petals can all be candied to create delicious crystallized icing flowers cake decorations.

Crystallized icing flowers cake decorations

Crystallized icing flowers

YOU WILL NEED

pansies, violets or primroses - choose clean, young flowers that are whole scissors

1 egg white

bowl and whisk

small paintbrush

caster sugar

fine sieve

wire cooling rack

airtight container

How to make crystallized icing flowers

1 Trim the stem of each flower to 1cm.

2 Whisk the egg white in a bowl until light and fluffy, then, using a small paintbrush, coat one of your (lowers with a very fine layer of the mixture. Before it dries, sprinkle over a little caster sugar with a tine sieve.

3 Tap excess sugar from the petals and place the flower onto a wire rack. Repeat with your other blooms, then leave in a warm, dry place to set - this may Take up to 24 hours.

4 When they are completely dry. store in an airtight container for up to a week. 

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