A chocolate Easter treat
Iced Chocolate Squares
250g butter
250g caster sugar
4 eggs (at room temperature)
250g self raising flour
50g cocoa powder
5 tbls semi skimmed milk
For the ganache
200g dark chocolate,200ml double cream
To decorate
20g white chocolate
Wild rose and mini blossoms cake decorations
Preheat oven to 180C,Fan 160C, Gas 4. Line the base and sides of a 20x30x5cm baking tray with baking paper. In a large bowl beat butter and sugar with a hand-held electric whisk until smooth and creamy. Beat in each egg using the electric whisk until well combined. If mixture starts to curdle add 1 tbl spn flour. Sieve flour and cocoa powder and fold into mixture, finally folding in milk. Spread evenly in the tin and bake for 25 mins until the cake springs back when touched. Remove from tin and cool on a wire rack. Make the ganache by melting the dark chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Once melted, take the bowl off the pan and beat in the cream until smooth. Spread over the cooled cake and allow to set for a few minutes before cutting into 24 squares. 5. Melt the white chocolate and spoon into a piping bag and pipe lines over the squares. Decorate.