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You are probably thinking about your Easter recipes at the moment right? Well how about adding this hazelnut cake topped with gorgeous coloured mini chocolate eggs and stuffed with honey whipped cream to your list?

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And whilst you are at it, see how many Easter eggs the kids (erm erm you) can eat in a five minute period. Oh the fun you all could have.

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This cake has some serious flavour going for it. Think roasted hazelnut flour; more nuttiness from the spelt flour; sweetness from honey and a whole sprinkling of lemon zest. Then of course, it is all about the gorgeous coloured speckled chocolate eggs on the top. Just the right sort of show stopper cake I will be bringing out to finish off our extended family Easter lunch. Heck, I might even go all out and make them a chocolate cake too.

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This cake, like lots of sponge cakes, is actually quite easy to make. And is really useful to make with children, as licking out the bowl can keep them quiet for at least a whole quarter of an hour. The whipped cream is my standard icing – it is not as sweet as normal icing, and you can add flavours like the lemon or raspberry jam with no hassle.

So here is my lemony, hazelnut chocolate Easter egg cake. Please, please, please try it for Easter.

More Easter Recipes

Easy Hot Cross Buns with Mango and Coconut.

Rocky Road Cake.

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5 from 7 votes

Hazelnut Easter Egg Cake

A lemony, hazelnut chocolate Easter egg cake.
Cook Time25 minutes
Course: Dessert
Servings: 10
Calories: 792kcal
Author: Bintu Hardy

Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 115 g (4oz) hazelnuts
  • 225 g (8oz) white spelt flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 250 g (8.8oz) butter softened
  • 4 large eggs
  • 125 g (4.4oz) caster sugar
  • 125 g (4.4oz) honey
  • zest of one lemon

Honey whipped cream filling and toppings:

  • 350 ml (1.5 cups) double cream
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 400 g (14oz) mini chocolate eggs
  • Primroses to decorate

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to fan assisted 160C / 180C / 350F / gas 4.
  • Line and grease two 20 cm cake tins.
  • Toast the hazelnut in the oven for 5 mins, then remove from the oven and let them cool. Rub off most of their skins and whizz in a food processor into hazelnut flour.
  • Transfer the hazelnut flour into a large bowl and sift in the spelt flour and baking powder. Then add in all the other cake ingredients and beat using an electric hand whisk or a stand mixer. Do not over mix the cake batter.
  • Divide the cake batter evenly between the 2 cake tins, level the tops with a spoon and bake for about 25 mins or until cakes are golden and an inserted skewer comes out clean.
  • Remove the cakes from the oven, let them cool for about 5 mins before transferring them to a cooling rack.
  • Make the whipped cream by mixing the cream and honey together in a large bowl and whipping till the cream forms soft peaks
  • Then transfer one sponge onto the cake tray and spread half of the honey whipped cream on top. Then place the second cake on top and spread the remaining whipped cream on top. Then decorate with the mini chocolate eggs and primroses and serve.
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Notes

Basic hazelnut sponge from Love Bake Nourish.[br]Keep an eye on the hazelnuts when you are whizzing them up so that they don't turn into nut butter.

Nutrition

Calories: 792kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 54g | Saturated Fat: 29g | Cholesterol: 172mg | Sodium: 250mg | Potassium: 242mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 49g | Vitamin A: 1335IU | Vitamin C: 2.1mg | Calcium: 177mg | Iron: 2.4mg

Here are some other chocolaty or other Easter recipes from around the web.

Creme egg cheesecake from Taming Twins.

Crunchy, chewy, fruity muesli chocolate nests from A Mummy Too.

Chocolate pizza from Elsbro.

Creme egg chocolate drizzle cake from Lavender and Lovage.

Creme egg chocolate ganache tart from Baking Queen 74.

Cardamom scented treacle tart from the Hedgecombers.

Hot Cross Bun Spiced icecream from Glamorous Glutton.

Chocolate coconut flapjacks from My Fussy Eater.

Chocolate and lemon curd pancakes from Tinned Tomatoes.

Chocolate chestnut fondant from Cooksister.

Coconut oil brownies with maple roasted sweet potato from Veggie Desserts.

Thick and fudgy double chocolate cookies from Pinch of Yum.

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41 Comments

  4. 5 stars
    Oh Bintu – that’s almost too pretty to eat! It also features some of my all-time favourite flavours – a very happy Easter indeed 🙂 Thanks also for linking to my cake!

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  14. This sounds delicious! I don’t know if you remember but I had my first ever hazelnuts in Seattle in October. I liked them! So this cake sounds outstanding, Bintu. I love all of the unique (to me) recipes you make. I always enjoy coming over here 🙂

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  15. mmmm, Yum yum!!!!!!!!!!
    I will most definetly try this one out!
    myunsettlinglife.blogspot.co.uk

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