Serves
10
Prep
30
mins
Cooking
50
mins
Easter Nest Cake
Directions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 160oC (350oF). Grease and flour 24x8cm bundt pan and set aside.
Step 2
In a large bowl, combine sugar, flour, cocoa, bi-carb soda, baking powder and salt.
Step 3
Add eggs, buttermilk, melted butter and vanilla extract. Beat, using a hand mixer, on medium speed for 2 minutes.
Step 4
Stir in boiling water and mix until fully incorporated.
Step 5
Pour batter into bundt pan and bake for 40-50 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.
Step 6
Cool on a wire rack before removing from pan.
Step 7
Drizzle melted chocolate and scatter chocolate shavings over the cake. Dust with cocoa powder.
Step 8
Arrange pretzel sticks in the centre of the cake and top with Easter eggs.
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups plain flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa
- 1 1/2 tsps McKenzie's Bi-Carb Soda
- 1 1/2 tsps McKenzie's Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp McKenzie's Australian Natural Sea Salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 tbs vanilla extract
- 1 cup boiling water
- 100g dark cooking chocolate, melted
- 50g dark cooking chocolate, shaved
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 40g salted pretzel sticks
- 15-20 mini chocolate eggs