Easter is just a few weeks away and we are looking forward to baking up a few yummy treats. We have a few new items in our catalogue that can help you create beautiful and delicious bakes.
One of the items that we are most excited about, is our Bunny & Egg Chocolate mould. It allows you to create perfect 3D figures for the tops of your cakes. So to try our new mould out we’re making a Easter Egg and Bunny Cake
First of all we made a chocolate cake covered with chocolate ganache ready for our 3D Easter shapes to sit on.
Chocolate Cake Recipe
- 230g Caster Sugar
- 230g Butter
- 4 eggs
- 230g Self Raising Flour
- 8 tablespoons of cocoa
- 4 tablespoons of whole milk
Take a 6 inch cake tin and grease lightly with butter or cake release. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees.
Start by beating the sugar and butter together until light and fluffy.
Add in the eggs and beat together until thoroughly combined. Add the milk and beat again
Gently sieve in the flour and cocoa, don’t try and force all the bits of cocoa through, if it doesn’t fit through the sieve dispose of it.
Fold in the flour and cocoa until combined then gently spoon in to your cake pan.
Bake for 20 – 30 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
Allow to cool completely before decorating.
For the chocolate ganache
- 250g good quality dark chocolate,
- 250ml double cream
Pour the cream into a saucepan and place over a low heat. In a separate bowl break up your pieces of chocolate. Once the cream has come to the boil, remove from the heat and pour over the chocolate. Mix together until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is well combined. Allow to cool slightly.
Decorating your Easter Egg and Bunny Cake
Melt enough chocolate to fill your moulds, we decided to melt half milk and half white chocolate. Leave the chocolate to set – the fridge is the quickest way to do this.
Once your cake has completely cooled use a spatula to cover your cake completely in ganache.
Arrange your chocolate eggs around the outside then remove your bunny and egg chocolate pieces from the mould. Fit them together then sit them on top.
Serve with a nice cup of tea and enjoy!