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A delicious and easy chocolate sponge decorated with easter creams and butter cream

Easy Easter Chocolate Traybake

5 from 1 vote
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 16
Calories: 401kcal
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A delicious, moist Easter Chocolate Tray Bake Cake, with creamy chocolate buttercream & decorated with Mini Eggs and other Easter treats

Equipment

  • 1 Tray Bake tin Size - 8 x 12 inches
  • 1 Cooling rack

Ingredients

  • 250 g Self Rising Flour
  • 80 g Cocoa Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 300 g Golden caster sugar
  • 3 Medium Eggs Free-Range
  • 180 ml Vegetable Oil
  • 300 ml Milk
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract Optional
  • 150 g Butter - softened Salted or unsalted
  • 300 g Icing Sugar Sieved
  • 50 g Cocoa Powder Sieved
  • 2 Tablespoon Milk
  • Mini Eggs, Mini Creme Eggs, Malteaser Bunnies

Instructions

  • CAKE
  • Pre-heat your oven to 180C /160C fan) / 350F / Gas 4
  • Grease and line your 8 x 12 inch / 32cm x 22cm tin. Please place your baking parchment over the edges. This will help after baking to lift your cake out the tin
  • In a large bowl add your dry ingredients, self-raising flour, baking powder, cocoa powder & golden caster sugar and mix well
  • Add your vegetable oil, 3 eggs, milk & vanilla extract. Using a large whisk beat until smooth, no lumps. It will be a pouring consistency
  • Bake in thee centre of your preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, until firm to the touch. Please remember all ovens vary
  • Once baked remove from the oven and leave to cool for 15 minutes in the tin
  • After 15 minutes pop a cooling rack on top of the tin and invert, removing the baking paper.Leave to cool completely
  • BUTTERCREAM
  • Cream your butter, icing sugar and cocoa powder until completely smooth, adding your milk one tablespoon at a time. You will have a lovely chocolatey flavoured smooth buttercream
  • DECORATE
  • Add your butter cream to the top of your sponge, using a palate knife to spread to the sides
  • Next go wild with your chocolate eggs to decorate anyway you like!!!

Notes

**** Nutritional information is approximate and therefore intended as a guide 
I have not added the nutritional for the decoration (chocolate eggs) 

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Easy Easter Chocolate Traybake
Amount per Serving
Calories
401
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
21
g
32
%
Saturated Fat
 
8
g
50
%
Trans Fat
 
0.4
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
7
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
5
g
Cholesterol
 
52
mg
17
%
Sodium
 
116
mg
5
%
Potassium
 
207
mg
6
%
Carbohydrates
 
54
g
18
%
Fiber
 
3
g
13
%
Sugar
 
38
g
42
%
Protein
 
5
g
10
%
Vitamin A
 
300
IU
6
%
Vitamin C
 
0.04
mg
0
%
Calcium
 
75
mg
8
%
Iron
 
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.