Easter recipes - 8 recipes
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Dark chocolate Easter cake

By Pauline hirel
Preheat the oven to 180 ° C
- 180g dark chocolate
- 120g butter
- 1 sachet of vanilla sugar
- 4 eggs
- 120g sugar
- 60g hazelnuts
- 30g sifted flour
- 1 pinch of salt
Hot cross buns

By Cazj80
Combine the yeast with 1 tbsp of the sugar and the milk in a bowl, whisk until the yeast is dissolved
- 3 tsp fast action dried yeast
- 75g caster sugar
- 250ml warm milk
- 600g plain flour
- 1 tsp mixed spice
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
- 80g butter - cubed
- 160g sultanas
- 1 egg
- Flour paste - 35g plain flour & 2 tsp caster sugar
- Glaze - 1 tbsp caster sugar & 1 tsp powdered gelatine
Easter Chocolate Ganache Bunny, Egg and Chick Macarons

By kim_hong_lim
You will need 4 piping bags and, one nozzle with tiny head, 3 x 10 mm nozzles, toothpick and icing pen, some sugar ...
- For the shells
- - 2 egg whites (80g)
- - 60g castor sugar
- - 100g icing sugar
- - 60g almond meal
- For the Chocolate Ganache
- -100g dark chocolate
- -100g fresh cream (30% fat)
Hot Cross Donuts

By Xana
Just heaven....and a bit of diabetes
- For the dough:
- 1 tsp dried yeast
- ½ cup (125ml) milk, warmed
- pinch of salt
- 1 egg yolk
- 3 tbsp flavourless oil
- 1 + ¼ cup (185g) plain flour
- ½ cup mixed dried fruit
- oil, for frying
- For the cross:
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- To Serve:
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- cup raspberry jam
White Chocolate Bark

By Laurapackham
This is a great recipe for quick easy chocolate for when you're on-the-go, just make sure you have chocolate wrappe
- One block of white chocolate (no coconut)
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- 1/2 small bag of lollies
- 1/2 small bag of mini chocolate easter eggs with hard shells
- 1/2 small bag of pretzels (broken)
Chocolate Crispie Cakes

By abby99jones
Break the chocolate into pieces and gently melt in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water, making sure the ...
- For the egg:
- 175g milk chocolate, broken into pieces, plus extra for decorating
- 50g Rice Krispies cereal
- To decorate:
- 2 x 50g bags chocolate mini eggs
- 2 white chocolate buttons
- 50g golden marzipan
- 25g white chocolate, broken into pieces, plus extra for decorating, melted and cooled a little
- Special equipment:
- 2 chocolate egg moulds, piping bag, rolling pin, flat pastry brush or small paintbrush
Easter Hen cake with golden eggs

By Henriette Cubilier
Whisk the sugar and softened butter until fluffy
- 180g flour
- 60g potato starch
- 200g sugar
- 180g butter, softened
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 sachet baking powder
- 1 untreated orange
- 200g apricot jam
- Walnuts and roasted almonds for the rim
- White chocolate for the top of cake
- Dark chocolate for the rim
- For decoration:
- A chocolate hen
- Some chocolate eggs wrapped in golden paper
Spicy Bread Rolls AKA Hot Cross Buns (minus the cross)

By Elvis elf
Put 4 oz flour tepid milk and water into a bowl
- 1lb Strong Bread Flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1oz Fresh Yeast
- 5fl Oz Milk
- 5fl Oz Water
- 1/2 tsp mixed spice (more if you like spicier)
- 2 oz Butter
- 6-8 oz Mixed Fruit
- 3oz Caster Sugar
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