Marbled Meringue Kisses

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Marbled meringue kisses.

Preheat oven to 120 c 100 c fan forced. For the marbled effect just use a spoon edge dipped in red gel food colouring and draw lines inside the piping bag before adding the meringue mixture. Once you have piped all your meringue kisses and swirls place you meringues in the oven and bake for 30 minutes or until the meringues can be removed from the grease proof paper without sticking you meringues can be made ahead of your cake and stored in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. Take of the meringue and colour it with the yellow colour until you achieve a bright yellow.

Present in a beautifully wrapped gift box jar or alternatively mount each completed meringue kiss onto a thick skewer and wrap the bunch like a spray of flowers. To stripe kisses turn piping bag inside out and paint on 4 5 stripes of food coloring. Gradually add sugar beating well after each addition until sugar dissolves and mixture is thick and glossy. It turns out it makes enough to pipe several meringue kisses for decoration.

For a sweet surprise for mum this mother s day make up a batch of marbled meringue kisses. Pipe the meringue mixture with a plain round nozzle onto a lined tray and bake at 100 c for approximately 2 hours or until crunchy. Gently combine the coloured and white meringue to create a marbled effect. Using an electric mixer beat egg whites and salt in clean dry large bowl until soft peaks form.

Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. I m so happy that the leftover egg white found such a pretty purpose in this cake. Complete with a pretty bow and hand made card for a gift that shows you care.