Creme Egg Chocolate Cake Recipe

I have been looking longingly at various creme egg recipes on the internet for a while now - you know they pop up in your facebook feed all the time, tempting you! So this year I have decided to make one! It was actually really easy, using just a basic chocolate sponge recipe with buttercream icing. Want to make one yourself? You can use any chocolate cake recipe you like. Here is the recipe I used...

Creme Egg Chocolate Cake Recipe

Ingredients

200 g plain flour
150 g butter at room temperature
150 g caster sugar
3 eggs
125 g dark chocolate
3 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
For the chocolate buttercream:
150 g softened butter
2 tablespoon cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
350 g icing sugar
2 tablespoon cocoa powder
For decoration:
Chocolate fingers
Creme eggs
Chocolate curls

Instructions

Melt the chocolate and milk together in a bowl over hot water. While this is melting beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, then add the eggs one at a time. Fold in the melted chocolate and then sift in the other ingredients. Split between two 20 inch cake tins (greased and lined) and bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees celsius for 25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool on a wire rack before removing from the tins.
To make the buttercream, beat the butter, cream and vanilla together until soft. Sift in the icing sugar and cocoa powder and beat until soft and fluffy.
When the cakes are cool, sandwich together with the icing and cover the top and sides with icing. Stick chocolate fingers around the sides of the cake and cut some creme eggs in half and place on the top of the cake. Sprinkle the chocolate curls on top.

This cake is seriously yummy - perfect for Easter! Trust me, it will go down well with anyone you share it with!