• Hop onto Easter with our decadent Easter sheet cake recipe. Bonus: its perfect for a fun-filled decorating session with the kids. A treat that’s as delightful to make as it is to devour !🐰

    Chocolate Easter sheet cake

    Serves: 10-12
    Cooking Time: 1 hour 10 min

    Ingredients

    • The cake
    • 300 grams plain flour
    • 60 grams cocoa powder
    • 2 tsp baking powder
    • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
    • 150 grams icing sugar
    • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
    • 160 grams brown sugar
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 200 grams softened butter
    • 3 large eggs
    • 1 cup buttermilk
    • 2 tsp vanilla essence
    • The icing
    • 175 grams dark chocolate, chopped
    • 260 grams icing sugar
    • 6 tbsp cocoa powder
    • 150 grams softened butter
    • ½ cup double cream
    • To decorate
    • Coloured mini eggs
    • Chocolate eggs; halved
    • Chocolate Easter bunnies

    Instructions

    The cake

    1

    PREHEAT the oven to 170°C. Line a 23 x 33 cm baking tin with baking paper.

    2

    SIFT the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, icing sugar and cinnamon together into a mixing bowl. Add the brown sugar and salt and mix everything together. Add the softened butter in pieces and mix in slowly until it resembles breadcrumb consistency..

    3

    COMBINE the eggs, buttermilk and vanilla essence together in a bowl. Add it to the flour mixture and mix well to combine. Gradually increase the speed and mix everything into a smooth batter.

    4

    POUR the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 35-40 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave the cake to cool for 10 minutes then turn out and cool on a wire rack.

    The icing

    5

    MELT the chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of gently simmering water and leave to cool slightly.

    6

    SIFT the icing sugar and cocoa powder into a bowl. Add the softened butter in pieces and mix everything at low speed using a hand whisk or freestanding mixer. Gradually add the cream and mix well. Stir in the chocolate and mix everything until thick enough to form soft peaks.

    7

    PLACE the cake on a serving platter or keep it in the tin you baked it in. Spread the icing over the cake using a spoon.

    8

    BEFORE serving, decorate the cake with coloured mini eggs, halved chocolate eggs, chocolate bunnies and sugar stars, flowers, leaves and sugar pearls as desired

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