Yummy Easter recipes
Preparing special dishes at home for occasions like Easter not only gives the celebrations a personal touch, but it can also get you loads of compliments. The mood, fun and celebrations are incomplete without Easter Eggs, cakes, chocolates and other delicacies.Here are some special recipes by chefs from across the country that can be easily made at home.
Simnel Cake
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
5ml rum
1 teaspoon almond powder
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup black currant
1/2 cup sultana
1 tablespoon orange/lemon peel
1 gram sweet spice
For the almond filling:
3 tablespoons almond powder
2 tablespoons icing sugar
2 egg yolks
For the almond topping:
3 tablespoons almond powder
2 tablespoons castor sugar
2 eggs
Method:
- Mix the butter and sugar till it becomes creamy.
- Add rum and egg one by one.
- Take flour and knead all the ingredients with it.
- Place half the mixture into a paper-lined pan; put almond filling on top; pour the rest of the mixture; and then again top it with rest almond filling.
- Bake at 160 degrees for a hour.
- Decorate with the almond topping and bake at 220 degrees for few minutes.
Recipe courtesy: Chef Ayub Salem, Indulge, The Grand, New Delhi/IANS
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