Mini Egg Easter Nest Cake
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Serves: 16
 
Ingredients
  • *For the Cake*
  • 200g unsalted butter
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 200g self raising flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • milk chocolate spread
  • *For the Frosting*
  • 100g full fat cream cheese
  • 2 tbsp of white chocolate spread
  • *For the crispy nest*
  • 200g white chocolate
  • 100g Rice Krispies
  • LOTS of Cadbury's mini eggs - approx 700g
Instructions
  1. *White chocolate crispy nest*
  2. I would suggest you make this first.
  3. Melt the chocolate and then stir in the rice krispies
  4. Line a 6 inch loose bottomed cake tin and pour in the Krispies and press down
  5. I used an egg cup although a small tea cup would work, and pushed it in to the centre of my nest
  6. Cover with foil and chill in there fridge until it is needed
  7. *For the cake*
  8. pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160oC (fan)
  9. grease and line 2 x 8 inch sandwich tins
  10. cream the butter and sugar together for about 5 minutes until pale and soft
  11. add the eggs, the vanilla extract and a spoonful of the flour and beat for a few more minutes
  12. fold in the remaining flour
  13. divide the batter between the two tins and then cook in the oven for 22-25 minutes approx
  14. leave the cakes to cool
  15. once the sponges are cold to the touch, sandwich together with some milk chocolate spread
  16. make your frosting by beating the cream cheese and white chocolate spread together
  17. place your cake onto your plate or board
  18. cover the whole cake with the frosting
  19. Then decorate with your mini eggs as per my design
  20. Finally, carefully remove your now set nest from its tin, and remove the egg cup/tea cup and place it on top of your cake in the centre
  21. Fill with more mini eggs
  22. Cover and chill in the fridge and remove 30 mins before serving.
  23. enjoy x
Recipe by Mummy Mishaps at http://www.mummymishaps.co.uk/2017/04/mini-egg-easter-nest-cake.html