Easter Rocky Road and Little Bunny Chocolate Cakes.

Exciting times at Fishfingers for tea! We’ve finally gone self hosted and here we are in our new home. I do hope you’ve all made it safely across with me. There’s still some tweaking to do so please bear with me if things change over the next few days.

It’s been rather full on here for the last week or two and I don’t seem to have had time to catch my breath, so I retreated to the kitchen on Sunday.

With Easter just around the corner there’s a fair bit of chocolate passing through the house. I found some bags of Malteaser Mini Bunnies and thought they’d be perfect on top of some chocolate cupcakes. My go-to recipe when it comes to a quick, easy but always delicious chocolate cake is this Super-quick Chocolate Fudge Cake from my friend Katie at Feeding Boys. I’ve used this one since she first posted it and it’s never failed me yet, whether in full cake form or as cupcakes.

It made an appearance for my birthday cake with extra fudgy icing and black cherries sandwiched between two sponges. It’s taking a little trip out this Easter as simple cupcakes, each topped with a little bunny. Be warned though, there are only 5 bunnies in each pack so I had two unadorned cakes which I had to eat purely for tidying purposes.

To increase the chocolate levels in the house I thought a slab of Easter Rocky Road was in order. Purely adapting the basic Rocky Road recipe I use with some tiny chocolate eggs both in the slab and scattered across the top.

Nothing taxing. Nothing time consuming. Just a bit of breathing space in the kitchen, messing about with chocolate.

Easter Rocky Road

Makes one slab, approx 15 squares.

125g butter

300g chocolate – I use half milk and half dark but feel free to vary this to your own tastes

3tbsps golden syrup

150g biscuits – I use digestives but it’s up to you. Rich Tea would be fine or if you wanted to increase the chocolate load then how about some chocolate chip cookies. Or Oreo’s.

100g marshmallows – preferably mini ones but there’s no problem with chopping up some of the bigger ones.

150g small mini eggs.

 

Line a tray with greaseproof paper.

In a bowl melt the butter, chocolate and golden syrup together. You can do this carefully in the microwave, checking it every 30 seconds, or over a pan of simmering water.

Meanwhile, crush the biscuits. You want there to be a good mix of small and slightly larger chunks. I tend to put mine in a bag and give them a bit of a bash with a rolling pin.

Once the chocolate, butter and syrup have melted, stir in the biscuits, marshmallows and the majority of the mini eggs, reserving a good handful for scattering over the top.

Mix well and tip into the tray. Level the top as best you can and scatter with the remaining eggs.

Pop in the fridge to set for a hour or so.

Once hardened, cut into squares.

 

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About Sian Reynolds

I'm Sian, mother to a three year old who thinks she’s a teenager and a husband who has issues with cows. Both have insatiable appetites and are rather fond of cake. And chocolate. And cheese. Freelance this and that, coffee drinker, food blogger. I seem to spend most of my time in the kitchen, with one eye on the laptop and the other watching the toddler run around with a colander on her head.

02. April 2012 by Sian Reynolds
Categories: Cake, muffins and brownies, Home made gifts, Seasonal, Sweet Treats | Tags: , , , | 11 comments

  • Ali

    I like your new webpage and also follow you on facebook!  But where oh where did you get hold of some mini malteser bunnies???  I discovered Malteser bunnies last year and started buying them back in Feb especially with them being 2 for £1!

    • http://fishfingersfortea.co.uk/ Fishfingers for tea

      Thank you Ali! I found the mini Malteaser bunnies in B and M. It’s a discount store, do you have one near you? I often find things lurking in places like that, Home Bargains and Poundland. Worth keeping an eye out! And they were less than 50p a packet! 

      • Ali

         Thank you for letting me know where to get my fix of mini Maltester bunnies, I happily purchased 3 bags of them today at 49p each!  Can’t wait to use them :)

        • http://fishfingersfortea.co.uk/ Fishfingers for tea

          Excellent! So glad you found them and at the bargain price too! Have fun :-)  

  • http://www.aworkingmotherschatter.blogspot.com/ Polly

    MMMM I love Rocky Road, I often use malteesers instead of biscuits too

    • http://fishfingersfortea.co.uk/ Fishfingers for tea

      I think that’s one of the (many!) things I love about Rocky Road, you can play around with it so much! 

  • workinglondonmummy

    Yum! This looks great and love the look of the blog I need to do that too

    • http://fishfingersfortea.co.uk/ Fishfingers for tea

      Thank you lovely. I still have some work to do but it feels good to have finally taken the leap to self hosted! 

  • http://feedingboys.co.uk/ Katie_bryson

    lllllllllloving the new look and domain!!! Well done you for getting it done so quickly – impressive. Glad the old choc fudge cake recipe is getting plenty of use – it’s an instant classic and you’ve done a blinding job pairing it up with those bunnies – think i may have to see some out for the boys. The slab of Rocky Road looks ay-mazin’ too – Matthew will drooooooool ;-)

    • http://fishfingersfortea.co.uk/ Fishfingers for tea

      Thanks Katie! Try having a peek in some of the discount stores for the bunnies, they seem to be plentiful there. I have to admit that the Rocky Road has pretty much gone, apart from one piece which Rich and I shall fight over later :-)

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