Easter egg marshmallow nests

Whenever Easter rolls around and Cadbury Mini Eggs hit the store shelves, I buy a pack or two because I love to incorporate them into my baking. So when I saw the recipe on Sophistimom, I knew I had to try to make these just because they were so utterly adorable.

Rosy almond marshmallows

I first made marshmallows, or guimauves, at my French pastry course at the Bonnie Gordon School of Confectionary Arts. It always seemed like the most impossible endeavour, but making marshmallows under the guidance of a professional pastry chef really showed me how just easy it was.

But I couldn't find the potato starch the recipe called for, and I put it out of my mind. Then I saw the recipe for vanilla marshmallows in Chatelaine magazine, and I could see right away that this recipe was even easier than the one I learned in my course.