Easter Nest Cake

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Bake a showstopping cake for Easter. This one is so easy and the youngsters can decorate it by means of filling the pretzel nest with their preferred chocolate eggs. Delicious and Sweet for easter family moment.


Ingredients
For the chocolate sponges

  • 200ml vegetable oil, plus extra for the tin
  • 250g plain flour
  • 6 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 280g soft light brown sugar
  • 250ml buttermilk
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 large eggs

For the nest

  • 200g marshmallows
  • 100g butter
  • , chopped into chunks
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 75g salted pretzels, crushed
  • 4 shredded wheat biscuits, crushed
  • chocolate
  •  eggs, to decorate

For the icing

  • 150g slightly salted butter, softened
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 300g icing sugar
  • 4 tbsp milk

Method

  1. heat oven to 180C/160C fan/fuel 4. Oil and line  20cm round cake tins. upload the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarb, sugar and a big pinch of salt to a bowl. mix with a whisk, squeezing any huge lumps of sugar thru your palms, till you have a best, sandy blend.
  2. Whisk the oil with the buttermilk in a jug. Stir inside the vanilla and eggs, then pour the moist substances into the dry and mix until there aren't any extra streaks of flour. Divide the combination among the tins and bake for 25 minutes. test the desserts with the aid of inserting a skewer into the centre – if there is any wet combination on the skewer, go back the desserts to the oven for 5 minutes extra, then test once more. depart the desserts to chill inside the tins for 15 mins, then switch to cord racks to chill fully.
  3. subsequent, make the nest. smooth one tin and line it with some oiled baking parchment. placed the marshmallows and butter in a heatproof bowl and microwave on excessive for 1 min, stirring halfway through (or heat lightly in a pan on the hob). hold microwaving in 20-2nd blasts till you get a runny combination. Stir within the cocoa, pretzels and shredded wheat until nicely mixed. Tip the combination into your coated tin and use the again of your spoon to create a nest shape. depart to chill at room temperature for some hrs, or relax within the refrigerator if you want it to set quicker.
  4. To make the icing, beat the butter, cocoa, icing sugar and milk collectively until clean, including a splash more milk if the combination is simply too stiff. bring together the cake by way of stacking the sponges with icing in between, topping with greater icing and the nest. Fill your nest with as many chocolate eggs because it will maintain, then serve. it may be less difficult to reduce the cake if you remove the nest – you may then chop the nest into chunks and serve alongside the cake.



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