Easter Chocolate Cake

HAPPY EASTER!
Just in case you havent eaten enough chocolate this easter, here is our recipe for… Easter Chocolate Cake!

Ingredients
100g Butter, Softened
50g Cocoa Powder
90ml Boiling Water
3 large eggs
4 Tbsp Milk
175g Self Raising Flour
1 Tsp Baking Powder
300g Golden Caster Sugar

Buttercream icing
125g Butter
250g Icing Sugar
3 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
60g Dark Chocolate

Method

1.Preheat the oven to 160°C.
Grease 2x 20cm round sandwich tins
2. Measure the cocoa and boiling water into a large bowl and mix to a paste
3. Add the remaining cake ingredients and beat again until combined.
4. Divide the mixture between the two prepared tins. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until the sponges are well risen and shrinking away from the sides of the tin. Turn them out onto a cooling rack and leave to cool completely.
5. For the icing, melt the chocolate and set aside to cool slightly.
6. Sieve the icing sugar and cocoa powder together in a bowl, add the butter and beat together. Add the melted chocolate and beat again. Add a splash of milk if needed.
7. To finish, spread the top of one sponge with half the icing and put the other sponge on top. Cover the top of the cake with the remainder of the icing. Decorate with a selection of mini eggs or your favourite Easter treats!

Spiced Apple Cake

As the nights draw in earlier and the temperatures begin to drop, I always look forward cooking hearty, warm and cosy meals for my family. There is something quite comforting about the aroma of a slow cooked stew, or buttery mash potatoes and the sweetness of hot...

Chocolate Spider Web Cake

Spiders Web Cake! This chocolate spider web cake will be the perfect centre piece for your halloween party Makes a 20cm cake. Ingredients For the cake: 200g caster sugar 200g butter 3 eggs 150g self raising flour 50g cocoa powder 1 teaspoon vanilla extract For the...

Bonfire Night Treacle Toffee

We always look forward to Bonfire night. Getting all wrapped up warm, filling our pockets with homemade treacle toffee and sparklers, and ooh-ing and ahhh-ing at the whiz and pop of the fireworks whilst enjoying warmth and smell of the bonfire! Our local bonfire is...

Our easy Christmas cake recipe

How early do you make your Christmas cake? Do you use Brandy or sherry? How often do you ‘feed’ your cake? Do you prefer royal icing or fondant icing? Do you boil your fruit, soak it, or add it straight into the mixture? There are so many variations, it can...