Creme Egg Cake Recipe
- Publish Date
- Tuesday, 29 March 2016, 10:22AM
Not sure what to do with those left over Creme Eggs? We've got the most delicious solution for you...
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Ingredients:
For the cake:
225g unsalted butter
225g caster sugar
4 eggs
175g self raising flour
50g cocoa powder
50ml milk
1tsp baking powder
For the buttercream:
250g unsalted butter
450g icing sugar
50g cocoa
Splash of milk
To decorate:
2 packs of chocolate buttons
10 Creme Eggs
Method:
- First, cream the butter and sugar together.
- Add the eggs and combine.
- Then add all the dry ingredients and whisk together until a batter is formed.
- Add a splash of milk.
- Divide the mix between three cake tins and bake for 15 minutes at 180 degrees celsius.
- For the buttercream, whisk together the butter, icing sugar, cocoa powder.
- Then add a splash of milk.
- Cover each layer of sponge with the buttercream.
- Place each sponge on top of each other and then cover the whole cake with more buttercream.
- To decorate, add your chocolate buttons around the side of the cake.
- Finally, slice the Creme Eggs in half and place on top of the cake.
- Enjoy!