Easter traybake

Make this easy Easter-themed traybake with the kids. It features a chocolate sponge covered in fudge icing then decorated with Easter sweets and treats

Prep:20 mins
Cook:35 mins
plus cooling

Serves 12
Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 439
fat 27g
saturates 10g
carbs 43g
sugars 0g
fibre 2g
protein 5g
salt 0.59g

Ingredients

150ml sunflower oil, plus extra for the tin
165g golden caster sugar
2 eggs
150ml milk
165g self-raising flour
3 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
100g milk or dark chocolate, chopped (either a chocolate bar or Easter egg, broken up)
100g butter, softened
100g icing sugar
100g Easter treats (chocolate eggs, sweets, chocolate bar pieces)

Method

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Oil and line a traybake tin, about 20 x 30cm, and 5cm deep. Put the oil, sugar, eggs and milk in a bowl and whisk until well combined. Sieve over the flour, cocoa and bicarb, and stir briefly until combined. Pour the mixture into the tin, and bake for 20-25 mins until the cake is well risen and springs back when pressed. Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool completely.
Melt the chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water, ensuring the bowl doesn't touch the water, or in short blasts in the microwave until melted. Leave to cool for a few minutes.
Beat the butter and icing sugar together until pale and fluffy, then drizzle in the chocolate and beat again until smooth and uniform in colour. Swirl the icing over the top of the cake, with a few peaks and swirls to decorate. Scatter with the Easter treats to serve.

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