So i found this fantastic Easter Island Moai head ice cube tray and thought it would be really fun to make use it to make chocolates to decorate cupcakes and I am so glad I did. You can get your own on Amazon. I thought these were perfect at Easter time as a slightly quirky take on the holiday and bringing back a little excitement of tropical island, summer holiday memories since the weather is starting to pick up.... was starting to pick up...we've gone from 24degrees to -3degrees in the space of a week in the UK
I made a really simple bog standard sponge cake and a simple green butter cream for this recipe. I did make a slight mistake with the Maoi heads in that I didn't fully shake and tap down the hot chocolate so some air bubbles formed (see pics below). Its not perfect but I kind of liked the effect, as it made the chocolates look more like the weather beaten mysterious heads of Easter Island.
The heads are very heavy (like the real things) so although mine held up just with a thick butter cream, you may want to consider pushing a cocktail sick into them for extra support.
The little pink flowers are just a small bit of fondant I had left over and I used a tiny little cutter to get some pretty blooms. I think they look like Sakura flowers and a nice little nod to another great spring which I adore - the cherry blossom festival in Japan.
The heads are very heavy (like the real things) so although mine held up just with a thick butter cream, you may want to consider pushing a cocktail sick into them for extra support.
The little pink flowers are just a small bit of fondant I had left over and I used a tiny little cutter to get some pretty blooms. I think they look like Sakura flowers and a nice little nod to another great spring which I adore - the cherry blossom festival in Japan.
I'm thinking of trying a mojito cupcake using a Routin-1883 syrup I have in mojito flavor or passion fruit (again with a flavored syrup) and Malibu flavor cupcake decorated this way to really get the summer vibes going!
My icing skills still need improving but over all I'm very happy with them! They are a great quirky alternative to all that messy chocolate/shreadies bird nest ideas you find at Easter and no need to waste precious mini eggs!
A little note on Easter Island.
Easter Island is a fantastic little speck of volcanic rock flung miles and miles away from the coast of Chile. Its historical inhabitants built thousands of the Maoi heads all over the island and seemed to deforest the whole island in order to do so, which lead to wide spread famine and the near eradication of life on the rock.
Easter Island is certainly on my top 5 places I would love to visit!
A little note on Easter Island.
Easter Island is a fantastic little speck of volcanic rock flung miles and miles away from the coast of Chile. Its historical inhabitants built thousands of the Maoi heads all over the island and seemed to deforest the whole island in order to do so, which lead to wide spread famine and the near eradication of life on the rock.
Easter Island is certainly on my top 5 places I would love to visit!
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