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Mini Egg Easter Cake

Easy Easter Cake

Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 10
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Easy Chocolate Easter Cake - filled with delicious Mini Chocolate Eggs

Ingredients

  • Cake
  • 3 large Eggs free-range
  • 175 g 6 oz Self-Raising Flour
  • 175 g 6 oz Caster Sugar
  • 175 g 6 oz Softened Butter
  • level tsp Baking Powder
  • 40 g 1½ oz Cocoa Powder
  • 4 tbsp Boiling Water
  • Butter Icing
  • 200 g Softened Butter
  • 400 g Icing Sugar sieved
  • 2-4 Tablespoons Milk
  • Decorarion
  • 18 x 2 finger Kit Kats
  • 4 x 100g bags Chocolate Mini Eggs
  • Ribbon
  • Easter chick s

Instructions

  • Cake
  • Preheat the oven to 180C, gas 4.
  • Grease and line 2 x 8inch or 20cm sandwich cake tins (7inch would also do)
  • In a large mixing bowl beat together the eggs, flour, caster sugar, butter and baking powder until smooth
  • Put the cocoa in separate mixing bowl and add the water a little at a time to make a stiff paste.
  • Add this paste to the cake mixture and combine
  • Turn into the prepared tins, level the top and bake in the preheated oven for about 20-25 mins, or until shrinking away from the sides of the tin and springy to the touch.
  • Leave to cool in the tin, then turn on to a wire rack to become completely cold
  • Butter icing
  • Cream the softened butter with the sieved icing sugar until smooth (I do it with an electric stand mixer - or electric hand mixer. Or you can do it by hand (think of those toned arms :-) )
  • Finally add the milk to slacked off - helps to soften which means icing the cake is easier
  • Construction
  • Place your first cake on a plate or on a cake board, whatever you will ultimately serve it on Add approx. 1/3 of your butter cream and spread evenly across the cake
  • Pop the next cake on top Roughly cover the whole cake in the remaining butter cream - don't be too worried about it being perfect - it should be just a thin layer and it will be covered up!
  • Next  break your KitKats into 1 finger and start placing around the outside of your cake - they will stick to the buttercream
  • When the outside is totally covered in KitKats - place your ribbon around and tie in a bow (also helps to secure the KitKats)
  • Then empty your mini eggs on top and pop on a Easter chick or two Now just enjoy!!!!