Ingredients

Mermaid Custard

  1. 1 tsp flour

  2. 3 tbsp caster sugar

  3. 8 egg yolks

  4. 1 cup milk

  5. 1 cup (250ml) pouring cream

  6. 250g unsalted butter, room temperature, cubed

  7. 1 tsp Queen Mermaid Magic Flavour for Icing

  8. Queen Hot Pink Food Colour Gel

  9. Queen Blue Food Colour

  10. Queen Purple Food Colour Gel

  11. 200ml thickened cream

  12. 1 tsp Queen Natural Organic Vanilla Essence-Extract

  13. Dr. Oetker Mermaid Party Pal Icing Decorations

  14. Dr. Oetker Neon Sugar

Pink Ganache

  1. 200g white chocolate

  2. 100ml thickened cream

  3. 1 tsp Queen Mermaid Magic Flavour for Icing

  4. Queen Hot Pink Food Colour Gel

Method - Custard

  1. 1

    Combine flour, sugar and egg yolks in a large microwave safe bowl, whisking until smooth. Add cream, milk and Mermaid Magic Flavour for Icing, whisking to combine.

  2. 2

    Microwave in 1 minute bursts, whisking in between until thick and smooth.

  3. 3

    Once custard has thickened, add butter and whisk until melted and and fully combined. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 3 hours.

  4. 4

    Split custard into three bowls. Colour one pink, one blue, and one purple. Transfer into three separate piping bags.

  5. 5

    In a separate bowl, add cream and Vanilla and whip to stiff peaks. Place whipped cream in a piping bag fitted with a 1M tip and set aside.

Method - Pink Ganache

  1. 1

    Place chocolate and cream in a large microwave safe bowl. Microwave in 20 second bursts, mixing in between until smooth.

  2. 2

    Add Rose Pink colour and Mermaid Magic Flavour for Icing, mixing quickly until well combined. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside to cool completely, before transferring to a piping bag.

Method - Assembly

  1. 1

    Drizzle the inside of your serving cup (approx. 250ml) with pink ganache. Add a dab of ganache to the Mermaid Icing Decorations and stick to the outside of serving cups.

  2. 2

    Pipe custard in layers, starting with purple, followed by pink and blue. Pipe a swirl of whipped cream on top. Add a mermaid tail Icing Decoration on top, sprinkle with pink Neon Sugar then finish with two pink striped paper straws!

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