Creme Egg Tray Bake
Serves : 16 slices
Bake up a gooey chocolate delight for Easter with this Creme Egg traybake. Moist and rich chocolate cake, coated in a chocolate icing and smashed Creme Eggs on top. Utterly addictive!
Ingredients
For the Tray Bake
- 80 ml Vegetable Oil
- 160 ml Semi-skimmed Milk
- 2 Eggs medium
- 150 g Plain Flour
- 250 g Light Brown Sugar
- 55 g Cocoa Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 150 ml Hot Water
To Decorate
- 2 tbsp Icing or Powdered Sugar
- 2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
- 5 tbsp Cold Water
- Creme Eggs Regular and Mini sized
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F and line a brownie tray or tray bake tin, no bigger than 12" x 9", with baking parchment.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the oil, milk and eggs, and whisk together until light and fluffy with a hand mixer. Alternatively, you can whisk everything together in a stand mixture.
- In another large mixing bowl, sieve together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder and baking powder.
- Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture and pour in the whisked egg mixture. Mix all together until you have a smooth batter.
- Gradually add the hot water to the batter, mixing well until all the water is combined. The mix will be very runny.
- Bake the tray bake for 30-40 minutes, until a sharp knife or skewer comes out clean. The cake is moist but should spring back if you lightly press down on it.
- Cool the tray bake on a wire rack before decorating.
- To decorate, in a small mixing bowl, add the icing sugar and cocoa powder, and gradually add the cold water, until you have a smooth and slightly runny paste.
- Pour the icing over the cooled tray bake and smooth with a palette knife.
- Smash the Creme Eggs into pieces and sprinkle over the iced tray bake - try and spread some of that Creme Egg goo over the top as well.
Notes
- The Creme Egg Tray Bake will stay fresh for up to 3 days in an air-tight container, or you can freeze it for up to 3 months. If you do decide to freeze it, cut it up into portions first and wrap in baking parchment, and just defrost a slice when you're ready.
- To serve the Creme Egg tray bake, you can either eat it all on its own or add vanilla ice cream as a dessert.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 229kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 3gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 18mgPotassium: 140mgFiber: 2gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 40IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 45mgIron: 1mg
DISCLAIMER
The nutritional information provided is approximate and is calculated using online tools. Information can vary depending on various factors, but we have endeavoured to be as accurate as possible.
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