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Eunice Power's chocolate Easter cake: Today

Recipe courtesy of Irish Yogurts Clonakilty.
Recipe courtesy of Irish Yogurts Clonakilty.

Recipe courtesy of Irish Yogurts Clonakilty.

Ingredients

  • 150g Greek style natural live yogurt
  • 150 ml sunflower oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 275g plain flour
  • 185g caster sugar
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 35g cocoa powder sifted

Icing:

  • 125g half fat crème fraîche
  • 125g chocolate

Decorate:

Easter eggs

Method

  1. Line a 23cm spring form tin.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180c Put all the cake ingredients into a bowl and mix until the smooth, pour into the prepared tin, make a slight hollow with a back of a spoon in the centre of the cake.
  3. Bake for 35 minutes in the pre heated oven. Allow to cool.
  4. As the cake is cooling place the creme fraiche and chocolate drops in a heat proof bowl over a pan of simmering water and stir until the chocolate is melted – set aside until cooled.
  5. Spread the icing over the cake and decorate with mini Easter eggs.