Thinking of things to bake with the kids at Christmas is easy, as there are an abundance of traditional puddings, from mince pies to Yule logs. But Easter is slightly more ambiguous, so here are some ideas you might want to try if you fancy baking over the bank holiday.
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Easter Blondies
It is highly likely you’ve made chocolate nests with shredded wheat and melted chocolate in the past, but this doesn’t exactly require a lot of baking skills. If you fancy something a little more challenging with your child, try these delicious Easter Blondies.
They only require six ingredients – butter, white chocolate, sugar, eggs, flour and mini chocolate eggs – so are a good one to try if you want to stretch your baking skills without going too far, and they’re sure to be a big hit with the family.
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Decorated Easter biscuits
Baking biscuits is an easy win, as they’re simple to make but allow your children to exercise their creative sides with the decorating.
After making the dough, cut out egg shapes with a cookie cutter and bake for 12 to 15 minutes until just pale gold. Once they are cool, mix royal icing sugar with food colouring gels and water and pipe different intricate patterns around the eggs.
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Easter nest cake
If you want to impress the family on Easter Sunday, this Easter nest cake is the recipe to try. Firstly, bake a fudgy chocolate cake and leave to cool, before filling with delicious cocoa butter icing.
Top with a nest made out of marshmallows melted with butter and mixed with cocoa pretzels and shredded wheats. Leave to set in a fridge before putting on top of the cake and filling with lots of moreish mini chocolate eggs.
After all this baking, you might need to give your cooker a good scrub. Call oven cleaning firms in West Sussex who can sort it out after the school holidays.