EGGCELLENT EASTER RECIPE

EGGCELLENT EASTER RECIPE

Here at team titan we thought it would egg-sta nice to post a recipe to celebrate egg-cellent Easter! Our recipe will be in keeping with the easter theme and is... Easter traybake!

This recipe is inspired by BBC Goodfood.

INGREDIENTS:

For the cake:

  • 150ml sunflower oil, plus extra for the tin
  • 165g golden caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 150ml milk
  • 165g self-raising flour
  • 3 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

For the icing:

  • 100g milk chocolate
  • 200g butter, softened
  • 400g icing sugar
  • 5 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 2 tbsp milk

For the topping:

  • 100g Chocolate Easter treats! 

 

 

Step 1 (baking the tray bake): 

  1. Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
  2. Oil and line a traybake tin, about 20 x 30cm, and 5cm deep.
  3. Put the oil, sugar, eggs and milk in a bowl and whisk until combined.
  4. Sieve over the flour, cocoa and bicarb, and stir.
  5. Pour the mixture into the tin, and bake for 20-25 mins until the cake is well risen and springs back when pressed.
  6. Leave to cool completely.

Step 2 (making the icing):

  1. Put the chocolate in a heatproof/microwavable bowl and melt in the microwave, stirring every 30 secs. 
  2. Leave the melted chocolate to cool for 5 mins.
  3. Mash the butter and icing sugar together.
  4. Sift in the cocoa and pour in the melted chocolate, a pinch of salt and the milk
  5. Mix again until smooth.
  6. Spread over traybake.

Step 3 (decorating!):
  1. Scatter the cake with easter treats!

Step 4:

  1. EAT!