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- Easy chocolate Easter cake Total time 1 hour 35 mins Author: Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche, adapted from Redmond
- Recipe type: Dessert Yield: Serves 10 Ingredients For the chocolate cake:
- 5 eggs 150g (~2/3 cup) caster sugar 180g (~1⅛ cups) self-raising flour, sifted 2tbsp cocoa powder Butter for greasing For the icing:
- 150g (~2/3 cup) unsalted butter (at room temperature) 3tbsp (heaped) icing sugar 300g (~1¼ cups) cream cheese To decorate:
- 3 Creme Eggs Handful of mini chocolate eggs Instructions
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Recipe | %DV |
|---|---|
| Recipe Size 220g | |
| Calories 315 | |
| Calories from Fat 197 | 63% |
| Total Fat 21.87g | 27% |
| Saturated Fat 6.82g | 27% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 931mg | 310% |
| Sodium 308mg | 13% |
| Potassium 295mg | 8% |
| Total Carbs 1.69g | 0% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.0g | 0% |
| Sugars 1.69g | 1% |
| Protein 27.68g | 44% |
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