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Easter Nest Cake
Easter Nest Cake
A simple chocolate cake with buttercream, decorated with a crispy chocolate nest and Easter eggs - a delicious treat to make at home this Easter.
Printable version A4 | A5 | Index card
Ingredients
- 240g Plain Flour
- 280g Caster Sugar
- 2 tsps Baking Powder
- 400g Butter , 100g for the sponge, 200g (softened) for buttercream and 100g for the nest
- 240ml Semi-Skimmed Milk , plus 2 tbsps for the buttercream
- 100g Cocoa Powder , plus 5 tbsps for the buttercream
- 3 Eggs
- 250g Milk Chocolate
- 400g Icing Sugar
- 200g Marshmallows
- 100g Corn Flakes
- 1 handful A selection of chocolate eggs to decorate
Total time required
- Preparation time:
- Cooking time:
- Other time: Per Portion: kcal 549 Fat (g) 24.9 Saturates (g) 15.2 Carbohydrate (g) 72.9 Sugars (g) 52.1 Fibre (g) 2.6 Protein (g) 7.1 Salt (g) 0.30
Instructions
- To make the sponges, preheat your oven to 180c, and line the base of 2-3 sponge tins with greaseproof paper and grease the sides well with butter or oil.
- Place the butter and sugar in a mixer and blend well till softened, sieve the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder and add to the whipped butter and sugar.
- Add the milk and the egg and beat again.
- Add to your lined tins and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes.
- Once cooked, remove the tins from the oven and allow to cool.
- To make your buttercream, melt the chocolate either in a microwave or over a pan of simmering water.
- Soften the butter in a mixer and whip till pale, add the icing sugar and the cocoa a little at a time (so the icing sugar doesn't go everywhere!).
- Add the melted chocolate and whisk well, add the drops of milk so you have a smooth but not lumpy velvety chocolate icing.
- Build your cake in layers, and smooth the sides with the chocolate buttercream, and pipe some buttercream on the top to sit your nest on.
- Next, melt the chocolate, butter and marshmallows in a bowl over simmering water or alternatively in a microwave (microwave it for 30 seconds at a time till it’s all melted, be careful it doesn't burn) stirring well, to make sure the mix doesn't split.
- Line a glass bowl with greaseproof or clingfilm.
- Add the cornflakes to the melted chocolate marshmallow mix and stir in well.
- Place the cornflake chocolate mix in the bowl and shape up the sides like a nest, making sure it's not too thick and you have a nice nest-like shape.
- Allow the nest to cool in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes.
- Turn out the nest on top of your cake and decorate with the selection of chocolate eggs you have.
- Enjoy!
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