My mom loves all things latin, and for some reason I have been on a tea-gift kick. (I think it was the blooming tea in marie antionette which was the theme for two other presents) Actually after years of being pissed off at tea because it wasn't coffee, tea and I have finally made peace. Anyway I decided to make sugar skull sugar cubes and go with a día de los muertos theme for my mom. I have also been using sugar in my artwork so it was easy to whip up. I then paired the skulls with some yerba matte tea from Trader Joe's, a book about food, a handmade mexican tea cup and pressed tin rooster from that mexican store on the avenue whose name is escaping me right now. I especially lov the little rooster ornament- tied everything back to christmas.
pressed sugar skulls
Decorating with royal icing would be more traditional, but kind of gross to have bits of icing floating in your tea, so I went with the edible markers instead.
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 tsp. meringue powder
- 1 tsp. water
- skull mold (I got mine on ebay)
- food safe markers
Mix sugar and meringue powder in a bowl. Add water and mix with you hands until sugar is evenly moist. (it should be the texture of wet sand) Press into skull molds and invert onto cardboard to air dry for about eight hours. Decorate with markers.
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