A perfect bake for Easter time, this cake will keep the kids happy during lockdown too! A three tier chocolate sponge, decorated with vanilla buttercream in different pastel shades and topped with Cadbury’s Mini Eggs. Recipe adapted from www.janespatisserie.com Ingredients for the sponge 400g Stork margarine 400g light brown sugar 340g self raising flour 60g
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These are an ideal treat to make for Easter (and keep the kids busy during the lockdown)! They have a mild toffee flavour and a fudge richness. This recipe is adapted from the BBC Food website. Ingredients 250g cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces 150g light brown soft sugar 125g caster sugar 2 large eggs
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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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A batch of simple brownies can be given an Easter makeover with the addition of Easter eggs! I’ve made the following recipe and added either Mini Eggs, Creme Eggs or Caramel Eggs. This recipe is perfect for using up any excess Easter eggs too (although that’s not going to be an issue in my household!)
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If chocolate isn’t your thing at Easter time, a delicious alternative is the lemon cupcake. Here I’ve tweaked my basic cupcake recipe to include lemon zest, lemon juice and lemon curd! Ingredients (to make 12 cupcakes) 110g self raising flour 110g caster sugar 110g soft margarine 1tsp baking powder 2 medium eggs 1tsp freshly squeezed
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