Pink Snow Balls
By
Mike Chetty
@MikesKitchen
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Ingredients
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125 gbutter, room temperature
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125 mlcream
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200 gjam, any flavor i used raspberry jam
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125 gcastor sugar
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625 mlself rising flour
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5 mlred food coloring
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1 1/2 cdesiccated coconut
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1 tspvanilla extract
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375 mlboiling water
How to Make Pink Snow Balls
- sift flour
- cream butter and castor sugar
- add cream and continue to whisk until soft and fluffy
- add flour to cream mixture
and knead to make a soft dough - divide dough into 24 balls and then flatten and place onto a cookie sheet or muffin pan
- prepare baking pan by applying a spread of melted butter and then sprinkle some flour onto pan shaking off any excess flour
- place flattened balls onto baking pan then place into a preheated oven set at 180 degrees centigrade and bake for 15 minutes
- meanwhile add boiling water to the jam of your choice and beat together with a whisk, until smooth next add in the vanilla extract and the red food color and mix
- remove baked snow balls from oven and allow to cool
- add the snowballs in the jam mixture and then sandwich cakes together and roll into the desiccated coconut
- place on platter and allow to cool....enjoy