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I’ve been making Non-Bake Tray Bakes with my mum since I was tiny. But while shopping I came across the adorable mini Malteser Bunnies, I decided to give the tray bake a make over. 

…I’m not sure how much of the chocolate and maltesers made it in the mixture, but it was just enough.

*Melt together the chocolate golden syrup and butter, either in the microwave, or I prefer to boil a pan of water and place a glass bowl over the top. The mixtures less likely to burn.

*Crush the digestive biscuits in a sandwich bag. The easiest way is to hit them with a rolling pin.

*Mix together the chocolate mixture and the digestives along with the maltesers. 

*Spread out evenly into a tray and place in the fridge for a few hours. Top off with Malteser Bunnies for an easter twist and serve. 

I just got my first coffee shop job, any one who knows me knows it’s always been a little side dream of mine to be a trained barista as well as studying photography. It’s one more thing to juggle with uni, but one I’m excited about.

I made a cake to fit the occasion. This is a Mocha cake, One layer of coffee and one layer of rich chocolate. 

200g self-raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

Dash of milk

Pinch of salt

3 Eggs

200g unsalted butter, softened

200g light brown sugar

2 tbsp cocoa powder

2 tbsp strong espresso 

Line 2 sandwich tins (18cm) or grease with butter. 

Sift flour, baking powder and the salt together. 

In a bowl or mixer mix the butter until light and fluffy. Add the sugar and mix for a few minutes. 

One at a time add in the eggs, while doing so add some of the flour in between adding the next egg. 

Split the mixture into different bowls, into one fold in the chocolate and the in other, the coffee. Add a dash of milk to each.

Spoon each mixture into their own sandwich tins.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. 

Bake for 25 minutes, leave to cool slightly before removing from the tins then leave to cool on a wire rack. 

Create a buttercream by mixing icing sugar and butter, around 300g icing sugar and 150g Un salted butter. Add a teaspoon of vanilla essence to add a sweet taste to the bitterness of the coffee.

Spread between the two pieces of cake and sandwich together. Top the cake with the butter cream and experiment with piping the icing to create different looks. I grated on some chocolate to top it off. 

This has been on of my favourite bakes ! So light and each cake compliments the other so well.

I just got my first coffee shop job, any one who knows me knows it’s always been a little side dream of mine to be a trained barista as well as studying photography. It’s one more thing to juggle with uni, but one I’m excited about.

I made a cake to fit the occasion. This is a Mocha cake, One layer of coffee and one layer of rich chocolate. 

200g self-raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

Dash of milk

Pinch of salt

3 Eggs

200g unsalted butter, softened

200g light brown sugar

2 tbsp cocoa powder

2 tbsp strong espresso 

Line 2 sandwich tins (18cm) or grease with butter. 

Sift flour, baking powder and the salt together. 

In a bowl or mixer mix the butter until light and fluffy. Add the sugar and mix for a few minutes. 

One at a time add in the eggs, while doing so add some of the flour in between adding the next egg. 

Split the mixture into different bowls, into one fold in the chocolate and the in other, the coffee. Add a dash of milk to each.

Spoon each mixture into their own sandwich tins.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. 

Bake for 25 minutes, leave to cool slightly before removing from the tins then leave to cool on a wire rack. 

Create a buttercream by mixing icing sugar and butter, around 300g icing sugar and 150g Un salted butter. Add a teaspoon of vanilla essence to add a sweet taste to the bitterness of the coffee.

Spread between the two pieces of cake and sandwich together. Top the cake with the butter cream and experiment with piping the icing to create different looks. I grated on some chocolate to top it off. 

This has been on of my favourite bakes ! So light and each cake compliments the other so well.

It counts as one of my 5 a day right? I was never much of a fan of Carrot Cake,Till I made my own..Now I think it’s one of my favourites. 

*2 Eggs

*200g Self raising Flour 

*150ml Vegetable oil ( I used a +Extra Virgin Olive oil)

*200g Brown Sugar 

*300g Carrots

*100g Raisins 

*1/2 tsp Bicarb

*1 grated nutmeg

*1 tsp cinnamon 

Preheat the oven to 200 degree or gas mark 4 

Line two sandwich tins 

Beat together the eggs and add the oil, brown sugar and the grated carrot.  Stir in the raisins.

Sift the flour bicarb cinnamon and nutmeg into the mix and bring together with a wooden spoon 

Pour the mixture evenly into the two tins and bake for 20 minutes. It can take up to 40 so check with a skewer. If it comes out clean it’s fully cooked. 

Topped off with a Basic Butter Cream Icing

150g butter, Softened 

300g Icing sugar

A dash of milk