Here is the Crystallized Violets Recipe perfect for a Spring project with children.
In the French Riviera, Spring is announced in March when violets start blossoming all around the gardens.
If you don’t use any chemical treatment in your garden, have your own Violets Festival.
I used them to decorate a Swiss Roll Sponge, you can also use them to decorate the Almond Meringue and Butter Cream cake.
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Homemade Crystallized Violets
Crystallized Violets Recipe perfect for a Spring project with children.
Prep Time40 mins
Total Time43 mins
Servings: 3 jars
Calories: 280kcal
Ingredients
- 50 gr violets
- 1 egg white
- castor sugar
Instructions
- Pick the flowers with long stems so you can hold them without damaging them.
- Prepare a bowl full of fresh water and rinse the flowers one by one.
- Place them on a cloth to dry, not under the direct sun, but on the kitchen counter.
- Slightly whisk the egg white and with a brush spread it inside and outside the flower.
- Lay them on a parchment paper, remove the stems.
- Sprinkle the flowers with castor sugar and let them dry out in a warm and dark place for a couple of days.
- Once dried store them in an air tight container covering them with sugar.
Notes
You can use them to decorate a Swiss Roll Sponge and here is the recipe: 
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How lovely. I just saw this cake roll recipe the other day. It looks delicious and so nice with the crystallized violets.
Thank you Ginny
So many options for these! So pretty!
thank you
Wow, I never realised it was so easy to make your own crystallized flowers! These look so pretty and would be the perfect finishing touch to so many bakes!
it is, the secret is not to pick too many violets otherwise it will take ages
I have never considered the process of crystallizing violets, and see that it requires a lot of patience. But the results are worth it, they are so lovely to add as decoration.
it does require a lot of patience, I always look for little helpers
These are so pretty! Such a lovely idea and perfect for decorating cakes 🙂
thank you, it is a nice project