A few weeks back I made Malteser Bunny Cupcakes and they were delicious! So I decided to scale the recipe up to create a three tier Malteser cake for my birthday! I have used one of my favourite blogs (janespatisserie.com) as inspiration for this. I have used Jane’s malted chocolate sponge recipe with my own
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Easter is my favourite time of year, mainly because of chocolate eggs! Hence I have many Easter baking recipes! Here’s another one… Ingredients: 185g unsalted butter 185g good quality dark chocolate (I used Tesco Finest Dark Cooking Chocolate with 85% Cocoa Solids) 3 large eggs 275g golden caster sugar 85g plain flour 40g cocoa powder
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These cupcakes are a perfect treat for Easter time! They incorporate a chocolatey cupcake with vanilla frosting and a hidden surprise! Ingredients (for 12 cupcakes) 150g Stork margarine 150g light brown sugar 3 eggs 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp vanilla extract 120g self raising flour 30g cocoa powder 12 mini Cadbury Creme Eggs (place
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Everywhere I look on my social media channels I am seeing Easter Egg Cheesecakes! It seems that they are the current trend, and that any cake maker worth their salt is making them as part of their Easter menu. So here I have a recipe for a basic, no bake, Easter Egg Cheesecake. Ingredients (to
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Easter is almost upon us, which means one thing, it is time to brew up the ‘Eggspresso’! I’ve been inspired by the folks up at Brod (The Danish Bakery) in Cardiff to give this a go! They serve it at this time of year. To make an Eggspresso, simply place a Cadbury’s Creme Egg into
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Malteasers are my favourite childhood chocolate. This recipe incorporates a malted chocolate cupcake with malted flavoured frosting. These are perfect topped with Malteasers, or as it’s nearly Easter….. Malteaser Bunnies! I’m already on my second batch this week! Ingredients (for 12 cupcakes) 175g Stork margarine 175g light brown sugar 3 eggs 140g self raising flour
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I am a big fan of peanut butter, so the idea of swirling it through chocolate brownies is genius! This recipe is adapted from ‘Delicious’ magazine. Ingredients: 250g unsalted butter, cubed 300g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids) roughly chopped 80g cocoa powder 400g caster sugar 6 large eggs 130g plain flour, sifted 200g crunchy peanut
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When the ladies from my Hairdressers requested Baileys Cupcakes I was more than happy to oblige! This was one of my range of festive flavours when I used to run my own cupcake business. The recipe is basically my standard chocolate cupcake with a couple of glugs of Baileys added to both the sponge and
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One of my favourite recipes this year was my “Easter Rocky Road’! It was extremely moreish! I’ve tweaked the recipe slightly, by swopping rich tea for ginger biscuits and the mini eggs for Christmas M&Ms and Maltesers Reindeer, to give it a festive twist! Ingredients 200g dark chocolate 200g milk chocolate 50g butter 1 tbsp
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These adorable cupcakes are always a hit during the festive season! To make a herd of reindeer cupcakes, start off by making a batch of my chocolate cupcakes (recipe posted 19/10/17). To decorate the cupcakes you will need edible sugar eyeballs, red smarties and pretzels! Alternatively you could make the eyeballs and noses from sugar
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